Crowd gathers for phantom particles


The CNGS team set up models to demonstrate the oscillation of neutrinos...


... and brought prototypes and equipment to explain how to manufacture a beam of neutrinos and send it a distance of 730 km! (Above: A scientist explains the methods to observe the position of protons.)

There was a record attendance at the last Discovery Monday! Neutrinos and the CNGS facility (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) attracted some 300 visitors to the Microcosm. The success was well deserved as the CNGS team, which is close to bringing the project into service at the end of May, put forth great effort and imagination to interest the general public. A dozen physicists and engineers were stationed at six stands with models and posters. The OPERA collaboration from the Gran Sasso National Laboratory took part in the event with a stand presenting the experiments that will try to collect the neutrinos in Italy.

A big thank-you to the CNGS and OPERA teams for this success!

Come to the next Discovery Monday on 8 Mayto discover how to measure time and space at the limits of the measureable.

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