sterile neutrino

Meaning

Noun

• A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles via gravity.

Related

Similar words

• right-handed neutrino
• inert neutrino

Opposite words

• sterile antineutrino, anti-sterile-neutrino
• inert antineutrino, anti-inert-neutrino
• left-handed anti-neutrino

Broader meaning words

• neutrino
• dark matter

Origin

• sterile + neutrino; from being a neutrino which is sterile, being non-interactive through the four forces of the Standard Model.