[News & Analysis] Particle Physics: China Builds Mammoth Detector to Probe Mysteries of Neutrino Mass

Scientists know that two of the three neutrino flavors are close in mass and one is further off. But they don't know whether there are two lighter neutrinos and one heavier one, or two heavier ones and one light one. Groundbreaking is slated for later this year in southern China on a $300 million neutrino detector aiming to determine the neutrino mass hierarchy and observe geoneutrinos flowing from Earth's deep interior.
Author: Jane Qiu

Source: Science: This Week - February 7, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Jane Qiu Tags: Particle Physics Source Type: research