The Elusive Neutrino and The Nature Of The Cosmos

The neutrino is among the cagiest of particles, a subatomic wisp so ephemeral it could pass through light years of lead with more ease than a hot knife through butter. Despite its extraordinary abundance in the universe-billions pass through your body every second-this ghostly particle is notoriously difficult to trap, inspiring some of the most sophisticated detectors in science just to study it. A closer look could change everything. The elusive neutrino holds clues to some of the most profound questions in particle physics: What happened in the briefest moments after the Big Bang? Why does the universe contain more matter than antimatter? Join leading researchers as they chase neutrinos and other elusive particles in search of nature’s fundamental order.
This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.
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Original program Date: June 1, 2012
MODERATOR: Bill Weir
PARTICIPANTS: Janet Conrad, Francis Halzen, Lawrence Krauss, John Robinson
Tiny Ghosts - Musical introduction by John Robinson 00:00
Bill Weir's Introduction 3:48
Participant Introductions 5:00
Why are neutrinos important? 6:28
Why go to the antarctic to find neutrinos? 8:44
The ghost particle appears 11:50
Many didn't believe in the neutrino. 16:20
Neutrinos from an atom bomb. 19:45
Ray Davis and his gutsy experiments. 24:08
Key predictions of the standard model. 28:30
Understanding neutrino oscillations. 31:49
Neutrinos and the Grand Unified Theory. 39:24
The supernova that led to neutrinos. 44:02
How do you measure the information from neutrinos. 53:29
A telescope under the ice? 57:00
What is the holy grail on neutrinos. 1:02:00
You can't adjust nature just observe it. 1:07:32
The truth is stranger then star trek? 1:14:20
Can neutrinos move faster than light? 1:18:46

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[@alexmanzano2063]

World Science Festival this has no thumbs up

[@valleynightz4256]

World Science Festival sno+ sudbury currently uses antineutrino collisions with free protons to produce their desired positron with bonus neutron etc... in a known meteorite impact site..... hmmmm....

[@BOZOTREAT]

Y

[@chuchaichu]

The translation link is not working

[@attilahorvath8152]

isn't it simpler to use a voice/speech to text app?

[@kailen98]

Song ends at 3:47.

[@ryanedgemon8050]

Kailen Bittner lol

[@fischek]

thanks

[@edmondbrown3678]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@bleachingpowder8802]

May you have a happy life

[@LizKate1]

Made me smile. Not bad rap tho.

[@reallysickhousepeople]

That rap is awesome! How unique and interesting!!! Love content like this!

[@aurelienyonrac]

I am impressed you understand it. That is a talent too.

[@ace7997]

The dude just rapped the anthem of the neutrinos ! Amazing !

[@xtevetyler5332]

was it, sounded second rate, attempt to show how one uncool guy can actually make himself sound even dafter, i have long studied the elementary particle world, tied deeply into ed witten's monster theory M-theory and there was some sort of attempt to understand neutrinos but ive seen better descriptions of the neutrino family given in5 mins, goi watch leonard susskind if you really want to learn. and as for comments in this section about light speed increasing. does anyone grasp the fundamentals light speed its not a bloody federal law , the poor education we give our children is partly to blame, im sure there are many out there know what the underlying sciences really are or pertain to be and its in no way aimed at them, its just i find it sad the level of pseudo science bandied about in the guise of science i despair, we will never get to the stars at this rate

[@Rastamanas]

Rap is not amazing to begin with 😂😂😂😂

[@ruthlessadmin]

It takes a great deal of skill to write such focused lyrics on a subject. Very tight.

[@shaneeljalal4304]

Some of you wont understand or appreciate the art of hip hop. John Robinson killed it on the mic

[@Chris-xl6pd]

"art"

[@altareggo]

lol well i agree that he killed SOMETHING....

[@RichoRosai]

He killed my interest in the rest of the video.

[@RickeyRamone]

Krause says that the universe doesn't care about us. But a more accurate description is to say that we are a part of the universe that can observe, wonder, and care about itself..

[@starfox1]

No. Deepak Chopra, that you ?

[@EndofUSA]

Prof. Krauss just couldn't keep his Atheistic Agenda to himself!!!

[@alangarland8571]

Any reason why he should be banned from mentioning his atheism?

[@joedavenport6156]

Do his views offend you?

[@altareggo]

lol good one!!

[@bluband2]

very good discussion. guests had a very good interaction and the host was ok also. Actually i found the host pretty good, just the right amount of guidance.

[@Richard6391]

I enjoyed the talk, in the expanded my knowledge of the neutrino, and subscribed to World Science Festival.

[@wayneholmes6656]

My favorite discussion on Neutrinos I have found on the internet. You will discover the next secrets of physics in the study of Neutrinos.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

"we had that problem with Ice Cube" hahahha wasn't expecting that

[@altareggo]

lol i'm pretty sure they weren't referring to Ice Cube the hip-hopper! There was a giant neutrino built in the Antarctic, using a huge cubic volume of ice to help detect the elusive little critters.

[@matte6352]

altareggo but he was

[@turgidbanana]

🤦‍♂️

[@deeprecce9852]

What a great discussion among this passionate and inspirational scientist!!! Science Rules!!!!

[@kayingthao5072]

This host was really good…..he should host all the science fair talks….he knows when to talk and let the Panels talk…he guided the conversations and didn’t try to dumb down the conversation……this was really easy to listen to…..bravo!

[@JimboJitsu]

I have watched many dozens of WSF/WSU discussion videos like this and none have come close to being as enjoyable as this one and as I listen I realize there are only 3 ppl on the panel and it is not setup with opposing views that mostly digress into arguments which detract from information sharing and my learning process. No interruptions in the flow and course of the info/subject rather they just kept building off of each other. VERY ENJOYABLE to watch and I feel I learned a lot more and all but forgot the moderator was there. oldie and a goodie.

[@joerich9636]

Thank you, this was very informative.

[@SimonSozzi7258]

First time I stop skipping forward and start over from the beginning. Well done.

[@250txc]

That was a really cool and interesting discussion!

[@deeprecce9852]

OMG...the best rap and lyrics I have ever heard!!!!! Call me an idiot but this song deserve no Grammy cos i would give it a Nobel if i could!!

[@a7me926]

I want the lyrics

[@tgunderwood8399]

I want a lecture just in neutrinos and gravity...does one need the other? Somehow I just think they do. I love the idea of the weak force related to gravity. Not a scientist but it just makes sense in my brain.

[@johnt.inscrutable1545]

This was entertaining AND educational. The panelists are, of course, three of the best minds on this matter! Pun intended! And the host managed the interaction artfully. I would like to know whose musical work was used in the sound track in the credits at the end. If anyone knows perhaps they'd be so kind as to post it?

[@JimboJitsu]

Tiny Ghosts - Musical introduction by John Robinson 00:00 (I found it in the lengthy description that was added 3 years after your question)

[@GoldenShaolinNutz]

wow! ty for upload. I think its use in communication could be ground breaking. if advanced life forms do exist in other galaxies. (i know for some its haha but still) trying to decipher or intercept some form of communication in this area may not be futile. They are already scanning radio and light waves from space for any type of symmetry. its oscillations may contain an abundance of information waiting to be deciphered. Maybe its like a civilization time clock that's locked to us now. BUT! when we reach a certain advancement in technology and awareness in understanding our universe. it could just be the signal from somewhere also trying to say we are here and ur not alone. and if its possible that through certain mediums it could move faster than light. wouldnt that be the best medium for some type of interstellar communication used by a technologically advanced civilization. they could be several parsecs away then shoot it through a medium/ maybe some sort of abundant radiation (cosmic rays/ anti matter, whatever...) and have minimum lag. it could be something we already could be aware of thats everywhere but yet still need to understand fully. At some point they got to go through that phase until something more advanced is discovered. like how we advanced in communication from the simple usage of radio waves? regardless though...in all that brilliance im prolly still gonna get shitty internet bandwidth and my porn will still stutter....i need HD baby....j/k about the last part....or am i? =)

[@ZenMasterChip]

I love the opening... a bullet (comet) has a tail made of HO+H⁺ crystallized water, and the crystallized shapes of the particulates of the coma & tail found in Stardust mission... or I just have a wild imagination. ;-)

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

The internet has become a place where one single type of atomic particle can be discussed for an hour and a half, and hundreds of thousands of people watch it. It's also a place for know-nothings to blab on about who isn't wearing the right eye-shadow. Depth matters.

[@suzanneweitzel8851]

Pilletta Doinswartsh well said sis

[@Moronvideos1940]

I downloaded this Thank you

[@peterhawryluk8430]

Hey, if this is what the young need to get into science then its fine with me. Keep the children in school. great video. the Higgs bozon has been found...

[@slapuwithmycock4467]

So has bigfoot...

[@edgarchisholm]

peter hawryluk I also liked the Rap! It was cool and had a great texture. As I mentioned, I googled some of the scientists he rapped about for more details. Rap is not as simple as it seems.

[@earthianfriendly5708]

Which size was big foot shoe!?

[@Denverdonatecharities]

In the first 20 seconds I have to leave this video. WoW

[@TheOriginalDuckley]

Denver Donate you missed the Fuck out!

[@chraffis]

Maybe lighten up a little

[@Mr_i_o]

This is exactly what's missing in physics, musical black people! ~jks see James Gates Jr.

[@humbertooliveria3650]

The Neutrinos hip hop , geeks just love that .

[@chrisbrown8640]

All neutrinos Half price - Wallmarts special ....THIS WEEK ONLY !

[@jaysmack7445]

Wow, what a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect John Robinson (aka Lil Sci) at the beginning!

[@ghostfacechilla1027]

I thought he was professor clump

[@MrVikingsandra]

What a brilliant discussion, I learned a lot and I was giggling throughout this too thanks to this jolly panel 👏

[@dianeoktay3176]

Enjoying your videos. Thanks for showing your videos. I am learning new things while I am home during the Pandemic. Quantum Biology-The Plant kingdom one (Biology) is a favorite.

[@christienamosley2799]

Well done my friend. Hope the kids are listening to this! Great way to memorize the science points.

[@reginakatherine7708]

What a great discussion among this passionate and inspirational scientist!!! Science Rules!!!!

[@Gorkamorker]

Why isn't Janet Conrad a more prevalent name in the scientific world? She's out-debated Lawrence a few times and she's incredibly bright. I love everybody on the panel, and I thought the hosts input kept both the panelists and audience engaged. I know I lol'd pretty hard at the grad student holding up the bomb neutrino detector gag.

[@michaelpatrick3859]

My social standing and neutrons have a lot in common. I carry very little weight and I interact with almost nothing or no one.

[@toddgoul5857]

Great presentation. Informative and fun.

[@charlesbrightman4237]

In school we are taught that in magnetism opposites attract and like poles repel. But inside the arc of a horseshoe magnet it's the other way around. Like poles attract and unlike poles repel. Is this why like charged protons stick together inside the nucleus of atoms? The magnetic field generated by the moving electron(s) in essence generates a 360 degree spherical magnetic field around the nucleus. This would allow like charged particles to tightly stick together inside this spherical field while at the same time allow the opposite charges to be attracted across this field. So, are there only 3 laws of nature and not 4? Two of them, (the strong and weak nuclear forces), are derivatives of the interactions of the magnetic fields generated by the protons and by the electrons themselves. To take this further, quarks also have charges. They most likely would also have a magnetic field associated with them. Possibly a different one for each different type of quark. This could help explain why they stick together as they do as well as why neutrons even stay within the nucleus as they do. So, is the Magnetic Field theory of Atomic Structures more correct then the current theory?

[@volodymyrvashchyshyn34]

Sooooo nice!

[@virvisquevir3320]

Are neutrinos just heuristic tools, theoretical place fillers, like the mysterious "dark energy" to "explain" the observed accelerating expansion of the universe or the mysterious "dark matter" to "explain" the coherence of galaxies or are neutrinos the mysterious "substance" to which observable and repeatable and accurately measurable properties supposedly adhere to? Are neutrinos postulates to which measurable oscillations are assigned? Or are the measurable oscillations all we really have and the rest is only a "just-so" story?

[@soliel5680]

HipHop is not my forte, but it was creative and I enjoyed it ^-^

[@zendan37]

When you realise that every star in the universe has been pumping out neutrinos for billions of years, how heavy would an individual neutrino have to be to before the neutrino flux qualified as the dark matter in the universe?

[@vivekdabholkar5965]

I like your idea!

[@chuchaichu]

Hey, I would like to translate the content into Chinese. How do I do it? The posted link is not working

[@LIQUIDSNAKEz28]

6:42

[@caroleannriley]

Laurence Klauss, hip hop rap, (not something an old lady like me listens to, but this impressed me), what's not to enjoy

[@jonathantipton494]

Thanks for another great discussion

[@teacheranima9001]

This dude dropping raps & knowledge?!!!! DOPE!

[@612Tiberius]

+Ace The Soundbender Sadly however, there are others on this board who can't see past their own biased ignorance (see above).

[@altareggo]

um.... where do you squeeze sterile neutrinos into the standard model? What do they do in the universe? I am puzzled.

[@virvisquevir3320]

WHAT is the neutrino interacting with? HOW is it interacting with whatever it is interacting with? If the neutrino has no mass and no charge, what is it giving off that allows us to pick SOMETHING up and therefore know it is there, or, perhaps better said, "know" it is "there". What properties does a neutrino have? And why do we speak of discreet neutrinos instead of just one big, whole "neutrino wave" or "neutrino cloud" or "neutrino field"? "By their effects, ye shall know them."

[@VeilerDark]

Brian Greene is a great man =)

[@katiekat4457]

uploader-X that’s nice but he’s not in this video.

[@katiekat4457]

Random Bystander Thank you, I know. I didn’t mean for my comment to sound mean. I also didn’t stop to think that the uploader-X might have been saying that in general for starting the WSF. Nobody ever gives credit to Brian’s wife, Tracy Day, though. They founded WSF together. She’s the one with the media experience.

[@justdev8965]

Well this takes the term "conscious hip hop" to a whole other level. Wonderful rap 👍

[@DogsaladSalad]

4:18 hmmmm yes i too enjoy expanding my mind 😀

[@chanpol321]

The idea of nuclear and elementary-particle reactions the earth receives neutrinos of all energies from

[@Skipperj]

We could walk thru a steel wall if you could convert all of our cells and their atoms to a neutrino type of composition . A fantastically out there idea I know ! lol

[@gyro5d]

Neutrinos are the oscillating Inertial planes/zero points of Aether's Hyperboloid. Between its vortices of electron and positron. Spikes through everything, because the Inertial plane is mediated to center of every Aether Hyperboloid in the Scalable Aether Universe.

[@ihatetheparty6340]

Neitrinos: the way to take the pulse of the sun?

[@venkatbabu186]

Out of three two visible and one short lived to get action going in particles physics.

[@charlesbrightman4237]

The moving neutrino either has a magnetic field associated with it or it doesn't. While not all matter is considered magnetic, all matter can be affected by magnetism.

[@virvisquevir3320]

"Preserve the symmetry" is a theoretical choice, not a "law" of nature.

[@TXDogStar]

Nerdy D rapper of science Making his big bang

[@petemchardy3605]

good way to start the show I love it man

[@pashanenn6204]

John Robinson, I love the skilz

[@jkt3937]

The outro music, it’s terrific! Who is it??

[@tothestars911]

Whats the ending song??? Cant shaazam it

[@irisessex90]

The rapper was on his game. I can’t believe anyone’s talking about the cosmic messengers. Cool

[@helenbostock2350]

great bold idea

[@manfredpseudowengorz]

1:06:50 burn!

[@Vector_Ze]

Skip the highly distorted and unintelligible first 3:45

[@slamrn9689]

Loved the panel presentation. There were some very good amusing comments and jokes. The rapper seemed out of place but maybe we need to expand cultural and artistic venues which includes intellectual topics .Culture always lags behind scientific innovations.

[@frederickj.7702]

Some forms of "culture" lag *way* behind...

[@kayingthao5072]

Love the rap also!

[@LuisanaMcbo]

I love neutrinos

[@simranshah2827]

THAT RAP IN THE BEGINNING ❤️❤️❤️😂

[@RXP91]

I liked the rap! I really like how the reasoning of why neutrinos have mass was explained. But if light didn't experience time how does it ever change? Like say the red shift? Or is that just a function of wave mechanics?

[@ebaymoncton]

What an amazing intro

[@dumiicris2694]

i got one question how can these guys see particles just with other particles .. they just see microexplosions right? or what?

[@helenbostock2350]

great

[@greenpeace2214]

Can we detect Neutrino using nutrino, its like blue light Will deflect blue surface

[@froop2393]

the most exciting question about neutrinos is: do we have to pay taxes for them in the future?

[@MichaelMedlock]

Excess Cash That would be a Great idea. And likely something GZA would be interested in.

[@Pawl1957]

are neutrinos subject to entropy?

[@NeilCrouse99]

22:34,….. Talk starting from a definition/explanation of "Neutrinos",.... your welcome,...😉

[@gyro5d]

"C" does not exist. It's the rate of induction, through the coaxial circuit of the Inertial plane. On Tesla Nodes, that EM waves travel on/in. The scalar energy travels faster than transverse waves of light.

[@MrTommy4000]

Infinity is accurately measured by merely counting how many times Ms. Conrad utters the word "so".

[@gyro5d]

Adjusting her beams gives different neutrinos. Neutrinos at different energy shells.

[@WhiteChoclateCrew]

If you travel faster than the speed of light, would it not be real dark?

[@Pinkielover]

entanglement is faster then light

[@frankcortez6949]

😆 We need more raps like this! 👍

[@garyleechurchjr2303]

If neutrinos did not exist could we even be aware of the universe, or this realm as we know it? What if different dimensions are real depending on how we look at them? Far less of them at the sun? Perhaps we share the same sun we see here and there if there is a there that is? Giving the multiverse we talk of.

[@dannydetonator]

Neitri-NYO, yo!

[@MrMikey808]

If one neutrino collided with another one..what happens or doesn't happen ?

[@DonaldSleightholme]

this might sound strange but imagine if a photon of light actually becomes a neutrino when it passes through a object 🤔

[@katiekat4457]

Donald Sleightholme i find all thoughts like this interesting.

[@SpaceCakeism]

Can you please... *please,* make a studio version, of that rap? That was amazing! I'm not really, a fan of rap; but that one, was amazing!

[@chadtrump7009]

You are stupid. Get a life

[@MrMikey808]

@@chadtrump7009 she is stupid cuz she likes a song...wow

[@Valdagast]

Wait a minute. Shouldn't we just see one-third of the neutrinos we predicted from the supernova? Why weren't they oscillating?

[@Pawl1957]

man this vid is old the higgs boson has been found and the LHC is finished!

[@randya7578]

make him stop. MAKE HIM STOP !

[@muhammadalkhawarizmi3630]

12:00 Pauli discover neutrino.

[@miguelmouta]

One can really find infimal views in this debris of web.

[@aaeonkarma3717]

This rapper goes by the hardcore handle "Big Bang" - where are the Atom Smash dancers

[@jmillerr88]

Do a neutrino test on a person in a hospice and see if these neutrinos stop flowing threw them at the time of death.

[@katiekat4457]

Jeffrey Miller they travel all the way straight through Earth. Why wouldn’t they go through a dead person? You confuse me as to what you are thinking

[@quantumofspace1367]

Physics of quanta of complex curved and flat space in the "rosebud" model. The quanta of the "rosebud" field are excited by the quanta of the electromagnetic field, losing energy to build a fractal and 2 to increase growth. This is how we get the dark energy of the universe.

[@Robertnight888]

A Neutrino effects granular spacetime the result is gravity. Then nuclear equivelent of a yacht sailing against the wind and using a keel and tacking at 40 degrees or more. Using external force from nature to progress and not having internal fuel eg the rocket. Think! It’s like looking for a elephant in the jungle and finding it from footprints

[@keving1774]

great informative rap and great message about neutrinos can't wait till all these Mysteries are answered