The neutrino is so named because it is electrically neutral
The neutrino is so named because it is electrically neutral  
Podcast: Science 101
Published On: Thu Jun 08 2023
Description: The rest mass of the neutrino is much smaller than that of the other known elementary particles excluding massless particles.The weak force has a very short range, the gravitational interaction is extremely weak due to the very small mass of the neutrino, and neutrinos do not participate in the strong interaction.Thus, neutrinos typically pass through normal matter unimpeded and undetected Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices