Published January 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Beta decay of 115In to the first excited level of 115Sn: Potential outcome for neutrino mass

  • 1. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy)
  • 2. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute for Nuclear Research (Ukraine)

Description

Recent observation of β decay of 115In to the first excited level of 115Sn with an extremely low Qβ value (Qβ ≤ O(1) [keV]) could be used to set a limit on neutrino mass. To give a restriction potentially competitive with those extracted from experiments with 3H (≅2 eV) and 187Re (≅15 eV), the atomic mass difference between 115In and 115Sn and energy of the first 115Sn level should be remeasured with higher accuracy (possibly of the order of ∼1 eV)

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Journal Title
Physics of Atomic Nuclei
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 127-132
ISSN
1063-7788
CODEN
PANUEO

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