University of Manchester University of Nottingham

University of Manchester

University of Nottingham

Massive neutrinos solve a cosmological conundrum

Scientists have solved a major problem with the current standard model of cosmology identified by combining results from the Planck spacecraft and measurements of gravitational lensing in order to deduce the mass of ghostly sub-atomic particles called neutrinos.

The team, from the universities of Manchester and Nottingham, used observations of the Big Bang and the curvature of space-time to accurately measure the mass of these elementary particles for the first time.

See more at :

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=11555

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2014/february/massive-neutrinos-solve-a-cosmological-conundrum.aspx

Subscribe to our free newsletter