Searches for massive neutrinos in nuclear beta decay

Conference · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6892138

Jaros, J A

The status of searches for massive neutrinos in nuclear beta decay is reviewed. The claim by an ITEP group that the electron antineutrino mass > 17eV has been disputed by all the subsequent experiments. Current measurements of the tritium beta spectrum limit m[sub [bar [nu]]e] < 10 eV. The status of the 17 keV neutrino is reviewed. The strong null results from INS Tokyo and Argonne, and deficiencies in the experiments which reported positive effects, make it unreasonable to ascribe the spectral distortions seen by Simpson, Hime, and others to a 17keV neutrino. Several new ideas on how to search for massive neutrinos in nuclear beta decay are discussed.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 6892138
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-5958; CONF-9205274--2; ON: DE93004271
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BETA DECAY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DECAY
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEPTONS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS
MASS SPECTRA
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MISSING MASS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR DECAY
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
REST MASS
SHOWER COUNTERS
SPECTRA
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES