Evidence of Heavy Neutrino Emission in beta Decay

Simpson, J.J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1891

Evidence of Heavy Neutrino Emission in beta Decay

J.J. Simpson
(
- Guelph U.
)

1985

3 pages

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Phys.Rev.Lett. 54 (1985) 1891-1893

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1891

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Abstract: (APS)

The observation of a distortion of the β spectrum of tritium is reported. This distortion is consistent with the emission of a neutrino of mass about 17.1 keV and a mixing probability of 3%.

TRITIUM: SEMILEPTONIC DECAY
SEMILEPTONIC DECAY: TRITIUM
NEUTRINO: MASS
MASS: NEUTRINO
NEUTRINO: INTERFERENCE
ENERGY SPECTRUM: (ELECTRON)
(ELECTRON): ENERGY SPECTRUM
SOLID-STATE COUNTER: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

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