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With neutrons, no. They’re slow, isotropic and thermalize easily. With neutrinos that’d be a different story. They travel at the speed of light (or just below
by djsbs 5y ago
With neutrons, no. They’re slow, isotropic and thermalize easily.
With neutrinos that’d be a different story. They travel at the speed of light (or just below it - depends who you ask) and they aren't readily absorbed by anything. Therefore they can travel through the earth instead of around it.
Problem?
Generation, modulation and detection of neutrinos.
- gnufx 5y ago> They’re slow, isotropic Not necessarily, if produced with an accelerator. (Potentially a nuisance to gamma-ray spectroscopists, generating spurious anisotropic scattering peaks.) Otherwise, yes.
- cozzyd 5y agohttps://arxiv.org/abs/1203.2847 https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.2847
- bostonsre 5y agoYep, I was still asleep, good call.