: the antiparticle of the neutrino
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At still higher temperatures and earlier times, the energy of any radiation present (as well as neutrinos and antineutrinos) would have been sufficient to cause protons and neutrons to interconvert, leading to a 50/50 split between protons and neutrons.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
This special liquid emits a tiny flash of light when an antineutrino interacts.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Neutrinos pair with antineutrinos, which scientists think mirror their behavior.
—Eric Baculinao, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Sitting still, a muon decays into an electron, a neutrino, and an antineutrino in 2.2 microseconds.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
Also present in this pool of particles were neutrinos, which are very tiny, weakly interacting particles, and antineutrinos, their antimatter counterparts.
—Anne-Katherine Burns, The Conversation, 26 July 2023
Electron scattering experiments measure where an electron touches a quark’s charge, and neutrino experiments measure where an antineutrino changes a quark’s flavor.
—Anashe Bandari, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2023
But the specific oscillation here, electron antineutrino to sterile neutrino, should take place quickly.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2023
The light in each beat reveals two things: The first flash indicates the energy of the antineutrino; the second confirms that the particle was an antineutrino.
—Dolly Setton, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
This special liquid emits a tiny flash of light when an antineutrino interacts.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
Neutrinos pair with antineutrinos, which scientists think mirror their behavior.
—Eric Baculinao, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Sitting still, a muon decays into an electron, a neutrino, and an antineutrino in 2.2 microseconds.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 28 Mar. 2024
Also present in this pool of particles were neutrinos, which are very tiny, weakly interacting particles, and antineutrinos, their antimatter counterparts.
—Anne-Katherine Burns, The Conversation, 26 July 2023
Electron scattering experiments measure where an electron touches a quark’s charge, and neutrino experiments measure where an antineutrino changes a quark’s flavor.
—Anashe Bandari, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2023
But the specific oscillation here, electron antineutrino to sterile neutrino, should take place quickly.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2023
The light in each beat reveals two things: The first flash indicates the energy of the antineutrino; the second confirms that the particle was an antineutrino.
—Dolly Setton, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
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“Antineutrino.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antineutrino. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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