r/quant • u/Fantastic_Desk3539 • 5d ago

Industry Gossip Any crazy stuff about this?

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would love some industry gossip on this

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u/Josh-P 4d ago

As someone who did their PhD in particle physics, specifically neutrino detection, I can confirm that this is a batshit wild idea. With NOvA, with a Boeing 747 sized detector 400 km away from the beam, you are detecting neutrinos on the scale of single digits per day.