Theory said that a muon neutrino could almost instantly change into an electron neutrino.

理论上，μ子几乎能秒变称电子子。

It established the galaxy as a neutrino source.

它确立了银河系子源。

To get some answers, physicists look at neutrinos, fundamental particles emitted during nuclear reactions.

了得到答案，物理学家瞄向了子——在原子核反射出的基础粒子。

Hard work is calculating neutrino properties to one percent accuracy.

计算子性质、精确到百分之一，这才叫辛苦工作。

So where do we find these neutrinos in their antineutrinos?

我们在哪儿可以找到子和它们的反子呢？

You guys hit the baskets, I'll disarm the drunkenly-improvised neutrino bomb.

你们投球，我来解除这枚醉后即兴制作的子炸弹。

And that would mean plenty of work for neutrino physicists.

这就意味着子的物理学家将需要做大量的工作。

I should think so, he confirmed the neutrino's existence 35 years ago.

我是的，他可是在35年前就确证了子的存在。

Sheldon, I've hit a bit of a roadblock with the solar neutrino detector.

谢尔顿，我在太阳子探测仪上碰到了一点瓶颈。

Well, I spent most of the afternoon growing isotopically pure crystals for neutrino detection.

我整个下午都忙着在生成同位素纯水晶来探测子。

I think it's time Frederick Reines finally gets his due for the neutrino.

我觉得是时候让弗雷德里克·莱因斯以他在子领域的贡献得奖了。

How about I help you design an even better solar neutrino detector?

不如让我来帮忙你设计一个更好的太阳子探测器吧？

So what physicists are trying to learn is how fast neutrinos and their antineutrinos change flavor.

所以物理学家设法了解的是子和反子改变味有多快。

Surely there's a better use of my intellect. - Son, we're building a solar neutrino detector.

一定有更能发挥我聪明才智的地方吧？ - 崽啊，我们要搭建一个太阳子探测器。

Each generation also sports an associated neutrino.

每一代人也都有一个相关的子。

You’ll see that whenever an electron is produced, so is a neutrino.

你会看到每当产生电子时，子也会产生。

You'll see that whenever an electron is produced, so is a neutrino.

你会看到每当电子产生时，都会附带子。

They are detected roughly 1km away by researchers who, in their day jobs, work on a neutrino collaboration called MINERvA.

整天工作于一个「主注入器之子V-A交互作用实验（MINERvA）的研究员们在大概在一公里远处能检测到子。

Majorana was working on neutrino particles at the time.

马约拉纳当时正在研究子粒子。

And if those rates are different, it'll show that neutrinos and antineutrinos aren't exact mirror images of each other.

如果那些比率不同，就会说明子与反子不是彼此的精确镜像。