{"id":158238,"date":"2023-02-16T14:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/a-new-way-to-explore-protons-structure-with-neutrinos-yields-first-results"},"modified":"2023-02-16T14:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:25:19","slug":"a-new-way-to-explore-protons-structure-with-neutrinos-yields-first-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/a-new-way-to-explore-protons-structure-with-neutrinos-yields-first-results","title":{"rendered":"A new way to explore proton\u2019s structure with neutrinos yields first results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-new-way-to-explore-protons-structure-with-neutrinos-yields-first-results.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Physicists used MINERvA, a Fermilab neutrino experiment, to measure the proton\u2019s size and structure using a neutrino-scattering technique.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, particle physicists have been able to precisely measure the proton\u2019s size and structure using neutrinos. With data gathered from thousands of neutrino-hydrogen scattering events collected by MINERvA, a particle physics experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, physicists have found a new lens for exploring protons. The results were published today in the scientific journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-022-05478-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Nature<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This measurement is also important for analyzing data from experiments that aim to measure the properties of neutrinos with great precision, including the future <a href=\"https:\/\/lbnf-dune.fnal.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment<\/a>, hosted by Fermilab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physicists used MINERvA, a Fermilab neutrino experiment, to measure the proton\u2019s size and structure using a neutrino-scattering technique. For the first time, particle physicists have been able to precisely measure the proton\u2019s size and structure using neutrinos. With data gathered from thousands of neutrino-hydrogen scattering events collected by MINERvA, a particle physics experiment at the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}