The LEGEND-200 detector could help explain why matter dominates the known universe
Sheltered underneath nearly a mile of rock in Abruzzo, Italy, scientists are hard at work unraveling the secrets of the universe's smallest bits of matter. When a radioactive process called beta decay occurs, it typically emits two particles: a negatively charged electron and a version of a tiny, neutrally charged neutrino.
That's why scientists focus on “choosing really low-radioactivity materials to start with and then also coming up with lots of clever ways to reject background [particles],” says Drexel University particle physicist Michelle Dolinski, who is not involved in the project.
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