Review of direct neutrino mass experiments

Dragoun, O.

doi:10.1063/1.4934897

Title: Review of direct neutrino mass experiments

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Advantages and drawbacks of the kinematic methods of the neutrino mass determination are discussed. The meaning of the effective neutrino mass, resulting from measurements of the endpoint region of β-spectra is clarified. Current experimental constraints on the mass of active as well as sterile neutrinos are presented. Several new experiments are briefly outlined.

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Dragoun, O. ^[1]

Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Hlavní 130, CZ 25068 Řež, Czech Republic dragoun@ujf.cas.cz (Czech Republic)

Publication Date:: Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI Identifier:: 22492663

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1686; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: MEDEX'15: Workshop on calculation of double-beta-decay matrix elements, Prague (Czech Republic), 9-12 Jun 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; BETA SPECTRA; LIMITING VALUES; MASS; NEUTRINOS; REVIEWS

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  abstractNote = {Advantages and drawbacks of the kinematic methods of the neutrino mass determination are discussed. The meaning of the effective neutrino mass, resulting from measurements of the endpoint region of β-spectra is clarified. Current experimental constraints on the mass of active as well as sterile neutrinos are presented. Several new experiments are briefly outlined.},

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