15. What is a neutrino?

            A neutrino is a somewhat spherical stable assemblage of flowing basic particles which flow is principally all contained within a volume with a diameter of one mean free path. The neutrino translates at a velocity equal to the rms background speed less the mean speed of the background particles. The neutrino has a solid, somewhat cylindrical core. The core mass varies from one neutrino to the next – the variation in mass is 10 orders of magnitude, or more. The core is formed by the background particles moving inward slowly from all directions then gradually becoming aligned in the direction of travel of the neutrino and then moving at the mean speed of the background. The gas is then completely condensed by radial forces produced by the background gas and is accelerated forward to a velocity of  (the rms speed of the background gas) by a large thrust (several million pounds) applied by the background gas. The particles then exiting the front circulate around the outside of the neutrino then can re-enter the aft end of the neutrino. The net result is that the neutrino particle assembly will translate at the speed of . Thus, , the speed of light.

            As the background gas flows in through a spherical enclosing volume and then outward along a single very small cylindrical volume, because of angular momentum conservation, it is necessary that the flow have angular momentum about the cylinder axis. The solid core is so small that its angular momentum is negligible compared to the inward gas flow which depends only upon the background gas parameters. Thus, all neutrinos have the same angular momentum. This angular momentum can be left-handed or right-handed which makes neutrinos or anti-neutrinos, respectively.