{"675207":{"#nid":"675207","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"\u2018Fantastic\u2019 Particle Could Be Most Energetic Neutrino Ever Detected","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn observatory still under construction at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has spotted what could be the most energetic neutrino ever detected. Such ultra-high-energy neutrinos \u2014 tiny subatomic particles that travel at nearly the speed of light \u2014 have been known to exist for only a decade or so, and are thought to be messengers from some of the Universe\u2019s most cataclysmic events, such as growth spurts of supermassive black holes in distant galaxies. \u201cIt would be really interesting to see where in the sky the neutrino originated,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/nepomuk-otte\u0022\u003ENepomuk Otte\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. Otte is leading a proposed project \u2014 with a prototype now being tested in Utah \u2014 that would search for Earth-skimming neutrinos by monitoring the atmosphere just above the horizon for flashes of light.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn observatory still under construction at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has spotted what could be the most energetic neutrino ever detected. Such ultra-high-energy neutrinos \u2014 tiny subatomic particles that travel at nearly the speed of light \u2014 have been known to exist for only a decade or so, and are thought to be messengers from some of the Universe\u2019s most cataclysmic events, such as growth spurts of supermassive black holes in distant galaxies. \u201cIt would be really interesting to see where in the sky the neutrino originated,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/nepomuk-otte\u0022\u003ENepomuk Otte\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. Otte is leading a proposed project \u2014 with a prototype now being tested in Utah \u2014 that would search for Earth-skimming neutrinos by monitoring the atmosphere just above the horizon for flashes of light.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36609","created_gmt":"2024-06-24 19:34:17","changed_gmt":"2024-06-26 16:55:29","author":"acook304","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-02074-5","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193810","name":"physicist"},{"id":"30751","name":"neutrino"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"174099","name":"College of Physics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}