Is the muon-neutrino mass in the range 100-500 keV?
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 19 (7) , 2215-2218
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.19.2215
Abstract
Cowsik's argument on neutrino lifetimes must be modified if the neutrinos are sufficiently massive. Neutrinos of masses greater than 100-700 keV and which decay into much lighter neutrinos and a photon are consistent with astrophysical data on white dwarf stars. Experimental muon-neutrino mass limits combined with our arguments require masses of less than a few eV (and lifetimes greater than sec), or in the range ∼100-500 keV.
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