Published June 10, 1991
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Journal article
One 17-keV Majorana neutrino?
Creators
- 1. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (USA)
Description
We present a model accommodating a 17-keV neutrino with 1% mixing with the electron neutrino and bounds on the electron-neutrino mass and neutrinoless double-β decay. However, in contrast to previous models, there is only a single state with mass 17 keV. This model is consistent with cosmological and supernova-cooling constraints, and incorporates the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein explanation of the low solar-neutrino counts. Possible signatures of our model include an excess of muon neutrinos from a supernova explosion, spread over a period of 10--1000 sec, and a Higgs-boson decay signature of leptons plus missing energy
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 66
- Journal Issue
- 23
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 2947-2950
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22067910
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BETA DECAY; HIGGS BOSONS; KEV RANGE 10-100; MAJORANA THEORY; MASS; MIXING; NEUTRINOS; SUPERNOVAE
- Descriptors DEC
- BINARY STARS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; FERMIONS; KEV RANGE; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEAR DECAY; POSTULATED PARTICLES; STARS; VARIABLE STARS