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Fermilab: Hyperons & Neutrinos
The third paragraph pinpoints the importance of hyperons in particle research. Hyperons and neutrinos share characteristics of the weak force. Complex stuff, but the real deal. Parts of this report may be very useful. Many photos, slow...
Symmetry Magazine
Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Neutrino Masses
Neutrinos, described here, are particles scientists still have a lot to learn about. They are trying to measure their masses. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of...
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Neutrinos Not So Fast
Discusses the validity of research showing that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Case Study: Neutrino Observatories
Observatories allow for study of subatomic particles, neutrinos, which are found nearly everywhere in the universe are featured in this case presented by the American Museum of Natural History.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Neutrinos Matter
Elementary particles are the smallest known building blocks in the universe- and the neutrino is one of the smallest of the small. These tiny neutrinos can tell us about the furthest reaches and most extreme environments of the universe...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Learning About Neutrinos
A learning resource to understand what neutrinos are and their importance to science.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Search for Physics Beyond the Standard Model
This webpage is a picture site showing how different leptons interact.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Breaking the Universal Speed Limit
Describes research into whether neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Wolfgang Pauli
Austrian-born scientist Wolfgang Ernst Pauli made numerous important contributions to twentieth-century theoretical physics, including explaining the Zeeman effect, first postulating the existence of the neutrino, and developing what has...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure: Leptons
This particle physics tutorial discusses the different types of leptons: the electron, tau lepton, muon lepton, and neutrinos.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Particle Adventure: Matter and Antimatter
The beginning of an informative tutorial on antimatter, covering quarks, hadrons, baryons, mesons, leptons, and neutrinos.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1938
At this site from The Nobel Foundation, read about the life and scientific discoveries of physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), whose work with radiation and "discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons" earned him the...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure
Visit this site for an interactive tour of the atom and all aspects of particle physics. View the animations available with almost every description on this site. A great place for the fundamentals of particles and forces including a...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Leptons
This site has a definition and properties of Leptons, the "Basic building blocks of matter." There are links to table of properties and more information.
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Ippog: Hands on Particle Physics
Looking for more insight into particle physics? Search among several general particle physics resources. Or locate a specific particle physics institute in your area of the world.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Dark Matter (Level 2)
This site provides a description of "dark matter" and how scientists study it. Vocabulary words linked to a glossary of terms, and a printable version are also available on the site.
BBC
Bbc: Dark Matter
A clear explanation of how dark matter was discovered and why it is important to astronomers.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Earth From the Inside Out
Describes scientists attempts to use geoneutrinos to see 'inside' the Earth.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Physics: The Neutron
This site provides a great series on the neutron discovered by James Chadwick. Includes a seven-page series that covers what is inside the nucleus, the elusive neutron, beryllium radiation, Chadwick's discovery, neutrons from beryllium,...
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National Research Council: Elementary Particle Physics
The Committee on Elementary-Particle Physics, part of the U.S. National Research Council, presents this massive report on particle physics. It's a definitive document. Surprisingly readable, totally detailed. Start with the Table of...
Read Works
Read Works: Ice Picks
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a telescope called IceCube that is buried under the ice in Antarctica. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Detectors
Exploration of the different types of commonly used detectors with a description of each.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Beta Decay
This site, which is provided for by Wikipedia, gives a brief encyclopedia article on what beta decay is.