To Find Sterile Neutrinos, Think Small (IMAGE)

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To Find Sterile Neutrinos, Think Small

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The BeEST experimental program, short for "Beryllium Electron-capture with Superconducting Tunnel junctions," is utilizing complete momentum reconstruction of nuclear electron-capture decay in radioactive beryllium-7 atoms to search for these elusive new "ghost particles."

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Credit: Spencer Fretwell, Colorado School of Mines

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