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Neutrino ≠ neutron. The “ino” in neutrino is like a diminutive. Neutrons are much heavier than a neutrino. I don’t think they have a positive lower bound on th
by drdeca 2y ago
Neutrino ≠ neutron.
The “ino” in neutrino is like a diminutive. Neutrons are much heavier than a neutrino.
I don’t think they have a positive lower bound on the size of the smallest mass eigenstate of neutrinos (though they do on the other two).
- gus_massa 2y agoI agree. (I missed the "ino".) It's also important that (as far as we know) the neutrino is an elementary particle, but the neutron is composed by three real quarks and a lot of virtual quarks and gluons, it's a huge mess of smaller particles together.