What are neutrinos good for? | Even Bananas

Neutrinos are powerful tools for better understanding how the universe works and improving our theories, like the famed Standard Model. But what else are neutrinos good for? Neutrino physicist Kirsty Duffy explains some of the (mostly not-so-practical) ways we might use neutrinos.

References/Resources:

Neutrino communication:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.2847

Aiding nuclear non-proliferation/nuclear reactor monitoring:
https://www.llnl.gov/news/laboratory-...
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v13/36
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...

Studying Earth with geoneutrinos:
https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2011/07/17...
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep1...
https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/arti...

Studying sea creatures:
Bioluminescence: https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08063
Whales: https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/arti...
Studying glaciers: https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/collabo...
https://icecube.wisc.edu/science/rese...

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All Things Neutrino:
https://neutrinos.fnal.gov

Fermilab physics 101:
https://www.fnal.gov/pub/science/part...

Fermilab home page:
https://fnal.gov​

Production Credits:
Host: Kirsty Duffy
Creator: Lauren Biron
Writers: Lauren Biron, Kirsty Duffy, Maxwell Bernstein
Director/Editor: Ryan Postel
Camera/Audio Operator: Luke Pickering
Illustration Designer: Diana Brandonisio
Theme Song: Scott Hershberger
1899 Person: Anti-Kirsty Duffy