• Gork
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    4 months ago

    Neutrinos be like “we’re clearly the superior males” as they penetrate everything (except a light year of lead).

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      4 months ago

      Ever since hearing this, I’ve wondered what would happen if one did have a lightyear of lead. Is it possible to stop a neutrino without destroying it?

      What would happen if I collected a bunch of stationary neutrinos in one place? What would they look like? What would they feel like?

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        4 months ago

        Considering they really hate interacting with stuff, they probably wouldn’t feel like anything.

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        4 months ago

        The slower a neutrino goes, the faster it decays. This is because slowing it down makes time dilation less of a factor.

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            4 months ago

            Not directly. But since fast objects are affected by time dilatation(time is slower for them(at least from our perspective)) they have a longer lifespan(from our point of view).