Published April 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

A suggestion based on the OPERA experimental apparatus

Creators

  • 1. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800 (China)

Description

To temporarily lay aside the debate about the neutrino being a bradyon or a tachyon, based on the existing apparatus and the existing technique in OPERA the best way to promote the OPERA experiment is to test the energy-velocity relation of muon neutrinos and their oscillating yields rather than only one energy point, although the energy-velocity relation is deduced for tachyons according to the inner product of a space-like momentum four-vector being a Lorentz invariant. The tendency of the curve, i.e. as a monotonic decreasing or increasing function of increasing energy, would determine whether muon neutrinos are tachyons or bradyons. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/85/04/045005

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica Scripta (Online)
Journal Volume
85
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1402-4896

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44005412
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
LORENTZ INVARIANCE; MUON NEUTRINOS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; TACHYONS
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; POSTULATED PARTICLES