The Majorana Project
Multimedia
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OSTI ID:1144728
- USDOE/OSTI
Working as part of a collaborative team, PNNL is bringing its signature capability in ultra-low-level detection to help search for a rare form of radioactive decay-never before detected-called "neutrinoless double beta decay" in germanium. If observed, it would demonstrate neutrinos are Majorana-type particles. This discovery would show neutrinos are unique among fundamental particles, having a property whereby the matter and anti-matter version of this particle are indistinguishable. Physicist John L. Orrell explains how they rely on the Shallow Underground Laboratory to conduct the research.
- Research Organization:
- PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States))
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 1144728
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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