8 From Idea to Reality: The Neutrino Story Unfolds in Slow Motion
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Fig. 8.3 From beta decay to inverse beta decay
anti-particle of the neutrino), but the same force looked at from a different way
also gives the process where an anti-neutrino incident on a proton produces
a positron (anti-particle of electron) and a neutron. This process is called
“inverse beta decay” (for a connection between beta decay and inverse beta
decay see Fig. 8.3).
In 1934, two experiments were performed by Chadwick and D. E. Lea, and
a second one by M. A. Nahamias, using radium nucleus and a cloud chamber,
to discover the neutrino. But they were unsuccessful, further solidifying the
then-held belief that neutrinos cannot be discovered.
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Fig. 8.3 From beta decay to inverse beta decay
anti-particle of the neutrino), but the same force looked at from a different way
also gives the process where an anti-neutrino incident on a proton produces
a positron (anti-particle of electron) and a neutron. This process is called
“inverse beta decay” (for a connection between beta decay and inverse beta
decay see Fig. 8.3).
In 1934, two experiments were performed by Chadwick and D. E. Lea, and
a second one by M. A. Nahamias, using radium nucleus and a cloud chamber,
to discover the neutrino. But they were unsuccessful, further solidifying the
then-held belief that neutrinos cannot be discovered.