Rensselaer Team Part of Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment Discovery

There appears to be more matter than antimatter in the universe. This is exceptionally great news for humanity because without this asymmetry, all the matter in the universe, including us, would literally be eaten up. The laws of physics currently state that matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts in the Big Bang. So what happened to prevent the complete annihilation of matter by antimatter? If matter can neither be created nor destroyed, what accounts for the apparent loss of antimatter?

The massive and collaborative Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is seeking to answer these questions. The international research team, which includes a Rensselaer research group led by Professor James Napolitano, has released the first research results from the experiment. They have proven how an important component of matter called neutrinos can appear to vanish as they travel. The results pave the way for understanding why less antimatter appears to exist in the universe.

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