Ways to weigh a neutrino | symmetry magazine
For decades scientists have tried to find a way to measure the mass of the lightest matter particle known to exist. Three new approaches now have a chance to succeed.
If you were asked to weigh something—your dog for example—how would you do it? You could set the dog in your car, watch the compression, measure how many inches the car is displaced, then convert that into a measurement of the dog’s mass. You’d need to know the weight of the car, the technical specifications of…