Will neutrinos find uses outside basic science? It may be too early to say, but neutrino physicists have already imagined a variety of possibilities from the relatively modest to the more blue-sky. In this review, we survey the range of proposed applications, most involving nuclear reactors and other fission sources. We give special attention to the most recent proposals, including verifying submarine reactor integrity, safeguarding advanced nuclear power plants, and monitoring spent nuclear fuel. All of these concepts take advantage of the fact that neutrinos pass through barriers other signals cannot penetrate. That same fact creates the central challenge for neutrino applications: the size and complexity of detectors needed to collect a signal. Although the weakly interacting nature of neutrinos makes them fundamentally difficult to use, developments in detector technology are making some ideas more feasible.

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Neutrino 应用的概念


中微子会在基础科学之外找到用途吗？现在说可能还为时过早，但中微子物理学家已经设想了从相对温和到更蓝天的各种可能性。在这篇综述中，我们调查了拟议的应用范围，其中大多数涉及核反应堆和其他裂变源。我们特别关注最新的提案，包括验证海底反应堆的完整性、保护先进的核电站和监测乏核燃料。所有这些概念都利用了中微子穿过其他信号无法穿透的障碍物的事实。同样的事实给中微子应用带来了核心挑战：收集信号所需的探测器的大小和复杂性。尽管中微子的弱相互作用性质使它们从根本上难以使用，但探测器技术的发展使一些想法更加可行。