Extra large galactic survey puts limits on ultralight particles

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 15:07 in Astronomy & Space

Physicists have long known that neutrinos are among the lightest and most evasive fundamental particles. Now a survey of the galaxies is helping to narrow down the neutrino mass even further. It seems that neutrinos are at best half as massive as previously estimated, according to an analysis appearing today in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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