Telescope in the deepest lake

07 Apr Telescope in the deepest lake

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(GS PAPER 3, Science and Technology- Developments and their Applications

Source- Livemint)

Context-

Russian scientist Launched one of the world’s biggest underwater neutrino telescope called the Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector
It is in the waters of Lake Baikal the world’s deepest lake situated in Siberia

Important points related to the telescope-

The construction of the Baikal GVD Telescope started in 2016
It is motivated by the mission to study d in detail the fundamental particles called neutrino
Studying this will aid scientist in Understanding the Origins of the universe neutrinos formed during the big bang
other continued to be formed as a result of supernova explosion or because of nuclear reaction in the sun

what are fundamental particles

The universe is made up of some fundamental particles that are indivisible

these particles are classified into Quarks and leptons

what is quark

These are elementary particles that come in pairs of similar with one having a charge of positive and the other a charge of negative

Importance of neutrinos

They are abundant in nature with about a thousand million of them passing through the human body every second
In fact, they are the second most abundant particles after photons which are particles of light
while neutrinos are abundant they are not easy to catch this is because they do not carry a charge as a result of which they do not interact with matter
They have unique properties that would help explain why the universe is made up of matter instead of antimatter

-Khyati Khare