S.L. Trib. 3 Nov 1966

U. Professor Takes Part In Elite Neutrino Meet

Special to The Tribune
   LONDON - A University of Utah professor of physics, rated as one of the world's foremost authorities on high energy cosmic rays, is one of a small band of elite scientists gathered here this week to discuss neutrinos.
   Dr. Jack W. Keuffel, who is installing a neutrino “trap” in a worked-out shaft of one of Utah’s famouse silver mines in Park City, is among the scientists assembled by the Royal Society of London.
   Neutrinos, sometimes described as "next to nothing," are tiny, subatomic particles which escaped discovery for more than two decades after scientists were aware of their probable existence.
   Low energy neutrinos were first detected nine years ago in man made nuclear reaction debris. More lately high energy neutrinos were detected in the depths of gold mines In Africa and India.
   The Utah experiment, 2,000 feet deep In Treasure Mountain, is aimed at discovering the source of the neutrinos which bombard the earth by the billions, traveling at the speed of light.
   It is financed by the American National Science Foundation with $850,000 and is the most sophisticated project of its kind in existence, Royal Society spokesmen said.
   The four-day conference is at the University of Durham in London.