[IMP]Neutrino project

Question 1

what?

Answer 1

building a worldclass underground laboratory with a rock cover of approx.1200 m for non-accelerator based high energy and nuclear physics research in India. The initial goal of INO is to study neutrinos

Question 2

controlled by

Answer 2

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

Question 3

project includes

Answer 3

• underground laboratory at Pottipuram in Bodi West hills of Theni District of Tamil Nadu.
• Construction of an Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector
• Setting up of National Centre for High Energy Physics at Madurai

Question 4

What are neutrinos?

Answer 4

• second most widely occurring particle in the universe, only second to photons
• smallest particles of universe

Question 5

Types/flavours of neutrinoes

Answer 5

are separated in terms of different masses

Question 6

Why detect them?

Answer 6

can help to know more about

• origin of the Universe
• energy production in stars
• investigation of the structure of the Earth from core on wards (tomograph)

Question 7

PYQ

Answer 7

9. In the context of modern scientific
research, consider the following
statements about ‘IceCube’, a particle
detector located at South Pole, which
was recently in the news:
1) It is the world’s largest neutrino detector,
encompassing a cubic kilometer of ice.
2) It is a powerful telescope to search for dark
matter.
3) It is buried deep in the ice.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below
a) 1 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

ANS : D

Question 8

Why should the laboratory be situated underground?

Answer 8

-impossible to detect them on the surface of the Earth because of cosmic rays & their radioactive properties

Question 9

proposed where?

Answer 9

Pottipuram village,Theni district,tamilnadu