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Professor of Physics, University of Calfornia, San Diego. Author of The Physical Universe.
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cosmic neutrino background, low-energy neutrinos that pervade the universe. When the universe was one second old, it had cooled enough that neutrinos no longer interacted with ordinary matter. These neutrinos now form the cosmic neutrino background. The theoretical basis of the cosmic neutrino background rests with the notion that a hot big bang would produce not only a primeval fireball of electromagnetic radiation but also enormous numbers of neutrinos and antineutrinos (both referred to in cosmological discussions as neutrinos for brevity’s sake). Estimates suggest that every cubic metre of space in the universe contains about 108 low-energy neutrinos. This number ...(100 of 208 words)

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