Published July 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Prospect of determining the Dirac/Majorana state of the neutrino by a Multi-OWL experiment

  • 1. Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113 (India)

Description

We consider the non-radiative two-body decay of a neutrino to a daughter neutrino with degraded energy and a very light particle (Majoron). Ultrahigh-energy neutrinos from an astrophysical source like a gamma ray burst undergoing this decay process are found to produce different number of events in the detector depending on whether they are Majorana or Dirac particles. The next generation large-scale experiments like Multi-OWL is expected to provide us an accurate determination of the flux of neutrinos from astrophysical sources and this may enable us to distinguish between the Dirac and Majorana nature of neutrino

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/31/599/g5_7_006.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (ISSN 1361-6471) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 599-610
ISSN
0954-3899
CODEN
JPGPED

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36109538
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; TWO-BODY PROBLEM
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIATION; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS