First Indication of Neutrino-Induced Nuclear Fission

This book reports on the full-stack experimental search (from inception to discovery) of the first observation of neutrino-induced fission. Over fifty years ago, physicists predicted that neutrinos, such as those from supernova or nuclear reactors, could fission heavy nuclei. This “new way to split the atom” could serve as an exciting new way to observe low-energy neutrinos and would also play an ...