Nuclear devices and basic neutrino-oscillation research

Abstract

An appropriately placed array of new generation neutrino detectors, in conjunction with the use of nuclear devices as a source of intense flux of neutrinos, can serve as a powerful precision probe of neutrino-oscillation parameters. If such detectors are made mobile by placing them on a criss-crossing grid of railway tracks, one may under certain hostile circumstances use them to locate nuclear powered vehicles like submarines, aircraft carriers and any other strong neutrino sources. Since neutrinos cannot be shielded, it may not be possible to escape detection.