"sterile neutrino" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sterile neutrinos [plural]
Etymology: From sterile + neutrino; from being a neutrino which is sterile, being non-interactive through the four forces of the Standard Model. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sterile|neutrino}} sterile + neutrino Head templates: {{en-noun}} sterile neutrino (plural sterile neutrinos)
  1. (particle physics) A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles via gravity. Wikipedia link: sterile neutrino Tags: particle Categories (topical): Particle physics Synonyms: right-handed neutrino, inert neutrino Hypernyms: neutrino, dark matter Coordinate_terms: WIMPzilla, WIMP, axion
    Sense id: en-sterile_neutrino-en-noun-ZosJ-KP7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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