Oscillation des neutrinosvignette|Phénomène périodique L'oscillation du neutrino est un phénomène de la mécanique quantique dans lequel un neutrino créé avec une certaine saveur leptonique (neutrino électronique, muonique ou tauique) peut être mesuré plus tard ayant une saveur différente. La probabilité d'avoir une valeur donnée de cette propriété varie de façon périodique alors que la particule se propage. L'oscillation du neutrino est d'intérêt tant théorique qu'expérimental, puisque l'observation de ce phénomène implique la non-nullité de la masse de la particule, .
Present valueIn economics and finance, present value (PV), also known as present discounted value, is the value of an expected income stream determined as of the date of valuation. The present value is usually less than the future value because money has interest-earning potential, a characteristic referred to as the time value of money, except during times of zero- or negative interest rates, when the present value will be equal or more than the future value. Time value can be described with the simplified phrase, "A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow".
Naturally occurring radioactive materialNaturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) and technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) consist of materials, usually industrial wastes or by-products enriched with radioactive elements found in the environment, such as uranium, thorium and potassium and any of their decay products, such as radium and radon. Produced water discharges and spills are a good example of entering NORMs into the surrounding environment.
Kamioka ObservatoryThe Kamioka Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research is a neutrino and gravitational waves laboratory located underground in the Mozumi mine of the Kamioka Mining and Smelting Co. near the Kamioka section of the city of Hida in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. A set of groundbreaking neutrino experiments have taken place at the observatory over the past two decades. All of the experiments have been very large and have contributed substantially to the advancement of particle physics, in particular to the study of neutrino astronomy and neutrino oscillation.
