T2K Experiment

The T2K experiment in Japan studies neutrinos, tiny particles produced by an accelerator that travel through Earth. Scientists create a beam of neutrinos, send it across 300 kilometers, and detect how many change from one type (electron or muon neutrinos) into another. This process, called neutrino oscillation, helps scientists understand fundamental properties of these particles, like their masses and how they might influence the universe’s evolution. T2K’s findings contribute to a deeper knowledge of particle physics, potentially opening new insights into why the universe exists as it does.