long-baseline neutrino experiment

A long-baseline neutrino experiment involves sending a beam of neutrinos—tiny, nearly massless particles—from a source, like a particle accelerator, to a detector located hundreds of kilometers away. Scientists study how the neutrinos change, or oscillate, during their journey. This helps them understand neutrino properties, such as their different types and how they switch between these types. By carefully measuring these transformations over long distances, researchers gain insights into fundamental physics, including the role neutrinos may play in the universe's matter-antimatter imbalance.