Is There a Fourth Neutrino Out There in the Universe?

[CamperBob2]

I thought Joachim Kopp's article at https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/122 was an even better explanation in some ways. It was buried as a link in the middle of the medium.com article.

[breadbox]

I found Kopp's article easier to follow after reading Siegel's, myself. YMMV

[ravedave5]

I wonder if solar neutrino detection could be done on a satellite heading towards the sun. Seems like the signals may vary over distance from the sun (guessing here) perhaps providing some insight.

[gotocake]

The problem with that at present is our only way to detect neutrinos is by using loads of mass, usually ice, water, or xenon. It’s going to be tough to launch a glacier or a vast tank of xenon to make up the body of a detector. We’d need some novel form of detection that isn’t dependent on the occasional reaction of a neutrino as it passes theough a huge body of something. Sadly, that isn’t on the horizon and would ironically require a better understanding of neutrino interactions before it could be done, if it could be done.

[TheOtherHobbes]

The article makes it clear that the effect doesn't need a solar observatory to be visible.

The fact that it's easy to replicate with relatively small experiments is one of the things that makes it so striking.

[ramshorns]

This could be measured to some extent without leaving the earth, since the distance to the sun varies by about 3% between perihelion and aphelion.

[komali2]

Please note: Unrelated to article content.

https://i.imgur.com/htxpRh7.jpg

Medium's viewport is now about an inch tall on my phone, unless I carefully click 3 different 1sqmm X's. That's... Gross.

[wtallis]

Even on my laptop, I'm no longer able to browse without a bookmarklet handy to remove sticky position elements. Vertical space is at enough of a premium just from the prevalence of widescreen aspect ratios; we don't need so many inch-tall menu bars and overlays getting in the way of the real content.

[remcob]

"An app designed for readers." Ironic.

[cocochanel]

Medium annoys me so hard I just give up on reading content and close the page.

[bvinc]

I've switched all of my mobile browsing to Firefox with ublock origin. I've got the "annoyance" filters enabled. It's a game changer.

[wiredfool]

Medium seems to be a poor webhost from my POV.

[jakeogh]

Works beautifully without JS.

[russellbeattie]

I set this flag in Chrome so I always get the "Show Simplified View" prompt. It can sometimes get in the way, but it's generally nice to have. Wish it was simply a menu option.

chrome://flags/#reader-mode-heuristics

[mabey]

Yeah. I have the sticky header bookmarklet saved first in my bookmarks so I can hit it whenever I browse Medium on mobile.