World's largest liquid scintillator neutrino detector, JUNO, begins operation in Guangdong
By LI MENGHAN |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2025-08-26 16:53
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The world's largest transparent spherical neutrino detector completed its liquid filling and began data taking in Jiangmen, South China's Guangdong province, on Tuesday, marking a significant step in frontier studies of particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology.
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), located 700 meters underground, detects neutrinos produced 53 kilometers away by the Taishan and Yangjiang nuclear power plants and measures their energy spectrum with record precision.
Neutrinos are known as "ghost particles" due to their elusive nature and the role they play in unraveling profound cosmic mysteries.
