Monday, January 25, 2010

Scientists propose new ‘electroweak’ star

These would emit mostly hard-to-detect neutrinos instead of photons

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35019773/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Scientists have proposed a new class of star, one that has an exotic stellar engine that would emit mostly hard-to-detect neutrinos instead of photons of light like regular stars.
These objects, dubbed "electroweak stars," are plausible because of the Standard Model of physics — though none have been detected yet — partly because they wouldn't shine very brightly in visible light.

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