Lesson: Neutrinos Physics

In this lesson, we will learn how to describe the properties of electron neutrinos, mu neutrinos, and tau neutrinos and their antiparticles.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recall that in beta decay, a particle known as an electron neutrino is produced,
recall that the electron neutrino is an electrically neutral particle,
recall that the electron neutrino has a very small (but nonzero) mass,
recall that the electron neutrino has two cousins: the mu neutrino and the tau neutrino, which are also neutral particles,
recall that there is an antiparticle for each of the neutrinos: the electron antineutrino, the mu antineutrino, and the tau antineutrino,
recall what the symbols for the three neutrinos and three antineutrinos are,
recall that neutrinos are a kind of lepton,
recall that the neutrinos only interact via the weak nuclear force and gravity.