English Explanatory Dictionary

sterile neutrino

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles by means of gravity.

Word forms

sterile neutrino sterile neutrinos

Etymology

From sterile + neutrino, from being a neutrino which is sterile, being noninteractive through the four forces of the Standard Model.

Synonyms

inert neutrino right-handed neutrino

Antonyms

anti-inert-neutrino anti-sterile-neutrino inert antineutrino left-handed anti-neutrino sterile antineutrino
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