Neutrino Detectives: How We Catch the Ghost Particles

An accessible tour of the ghostly world of neutrinos: what they are and why they’re so hard to catch. We explore the main detection strategies—scintillators, radiochemical methods, and Cherenkov detectors (including IceCube and Super Kamiokande)—and then peek at newer approaches like radio detection and tracking calorimeters. Along the way we connect these techniques to big physics questions, from solar neutrinos to the story of the Big Bang. A compact primer for physics students curious about how we observe the universe’s most elusive messengers.

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