Change Flavors

[Littlemews]

Does all the particles the produce from fusion or fission reaction(weak force) can change flavors...? An examples?

[Guest_StarLab]

oops, forgot to log in again! :angry: 'oh!:

WHen you say "change flavors" I assume you are talking about gluons, which have eight 'flavors.' Otherwise I have no idea what you mean.

[Duane]

Well certainly neutrinos do. They have three "flavours", electron, mu and tau.

[galaxygirl]

What is mu and tau?

[Littlemews]

Originally posted by galaxygirl@Jun 5 2004, 04:17 PM
What is mu and tau?

Both of them are so call the "missing electron neutrino"(theory or hypothesis). Report from the past had tell us, electron neutrino was create during nuclear fusion, but when those tiny particles reach Earth, it changes its flavor from electron neutrino to Mu and Tau neutrino by the time when pass thru Earth.
I hope u understand what I am trying to say ><

[StarLab]

Basically, the theory goes like this:
Neutrinos are hypothetical particles (though they are pretty much almost completely proven to exist) that are incredibly tiny, and gazillions pass throught the earth every second, pass right through you and me, a supersmall amount react, the rest usually don&#39;t. There is a theory that neutrinos have mass, because if they do they can exist in three forms: electron, muon and tau. Don&#39;t call it a change in flavors though, yet; scientists do not even know what the difference is btwn. these three kinds of neutrinos.