Neutrino Mass and Spontaneous Parity Nonconservation

Nov, 1979
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 44 (1980) 912
  • Published: Apr 7, 1980
Report number:
  • MDDP-TR-80-060,
  • MDDP-PP-80-105,
  • CCNY-HEP-79-10

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Abstract: (APS)
In weak-interaction models with spontaneous parity nonconservation, based on the gauge group SU(2)L⊗SU(2)R⊗U(1), we obtain the following formula for the neutrino mass: mνeme2/gmWRm_{\nu_e} ≃ m_e^2/gm_{W_R}, where WRW_R is the gauge boson which mediates right-handed weak interactions. This formula, valid for each lepton generation, relates the maximality of observed parity nonconservation at low energies to the smallness of neutrino masses.
  • NEUTRINO: MASS
  • MASS: NEUTRINO
  • PARITY: VIOLATION
  • VIOLATION: PARITY
  • PARITY: SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN
  • SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN: PARITY
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(2) X SU(2) X U(1)