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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

A famous physicist demonstrated that the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to the wrong person



2015 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded for the discovery of  (neutrino oscillations) through which it is proved that neutrinos have mass. 

The report does not claim the prize holders deserved or not that research was flawed, the physicist argues that the way the commission interpreted discovery is wrong. The award was given for research into neutrinos, particles (phantom) which appear from nuclear interaction as well as the center of the sun.

Japanese Physicist Wins 2015 Nobel Prize For Neutrino Research

They are described as (ghost particles) because rarely interact with matter. The only way that scientists can detect the presence of neutrinos is through their interaction with subatomic weak forces and gravity, using Super-Kamiokande detector and the detector particles from Japan or Neutrino Sudbury Observatory (SNO) in Canada.



SNO detector installed underground, before cabling the photomultiplier tubes. (Courtesy of SNO) photo: wikipedia


Experts have discovered that there are three types of neutrinos - electronic, muon and taonic. A neutrino can become electronic or taonic, this process is called oscillation. Super-K detector that can detect muon neutrinos generated only by cosmic rays hitting the Earth's atmosphere, it revealed that the Earth is hit much more atmospheric neutrinos at the surface than in its interior. This phenomenon suggests that neutrinos oscillated while penetrated the atmosphere Super-K detector because he could not detect.



SNO detector team used in 2001 and 2002 for observation of the Sun neutrinos. One of their techniques can only detect electrons, neutrino and another method to detect all three types. The results showed that when the neutrino electron reached Earth, only 34% of them remained electrons neutrino, which means that over time changed their shape.

Nobel Committee for Physics interpreted these results as evidence that neutrinos can oscillate while traveling and finally they have mass.

Alexei Smirnov physicist from Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Germany stated in his work that the committee members have used the wrong word (oscillation)

He believes the Japanese team successfully proved oscillation action, but the team that used the SNO detector proved what was happening to the neutrinos from the Sun, more subtle change.

Physicist Awarded Einstein Medal ICTP

photo: taringa.net


Smirnov believes that neutrinos from the Sun change its type, but not through oscillations as Nobel committee members have understood.


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Thursday, October 13, 2016

The smallest nuclear power plant in the world. Only 6 meters long and heat 500,000 homes.

China builds the smallest nuclear power plant in the world that will be used over 5 years

This plant will be inside a shipping container and can generate 10 megawatts of heat, enough to cover the needs of 500,000 homes. It will be placed in future on a platform in the South China Sea. Known as Hedianbao or nuclear battery portable small power plant measured 6.1 meters 2.6 meters. It can work for several decades until you have refueled. Moreover, it may be used to desalinate large quantities of water which subsequently can be used as fresh water.

However, there is a risk that some of the incidents to cause a release of nuclear power, which may be catastrophic, and the temperature of the sea water in which it will be placed to increase. However, researchers are trying to convince the population that it is extremely safe.


Source:  Daily Mail