sterile neutrino

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noun
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  • (particle physics) a type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles via gravity.

Etymology

Compound from English sterile + English neutrino.

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neutrino

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