Fermilab transmits message via neutrino
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essentialsaltes"We report on the performance of a low-rate communications link established using the NuMI beam line and the MINERvA detector at Fermilab. The link achieved a decoded data rate of 0.1 bits/sec with a bit error rate of 1% over a distance of 1.035 km, including 240 m of earth."
Since neutrinos barely interact with matter, one could conceivably send messages straight through the earth at the speed of light. Then again, since neutrinos barely interact with matter, you need a ridiculously strong neutrino source and a ridiculously sensitive neutrino detector.
Since neutrinos barely interact with matter, one could conceivably send messages straight through the earth at the speed of light. Then again, since neutrinos barely interact with matter, you need a ridiculously strong neutrino source and a ridiculously sensitive neutrino detector.
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Date: 2012-04-12 12:30 am (UTC)