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Radiative decay of massious neutrinos: implications for physics and astrophysics
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stecker, F. W. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | The radiative lifetime tau for the decay of massious neutrinos is calculated using various physical models for neutrino decay. The results are related to the astrophysical problem of the detectability of the decay photons from cosmic neutrinos. Conversely, the astrophysical data are used to place lower limits on tau. However, an observed feature at approximately 1700 A in the ultraviolet background radiation at high galactic latitudes may be from the decay of neutrinos with mass approximately 14 eV. This would require a decay rate much larger than the predictions of standard models but could be indicative of a decay rate possible in composite models. It is considered that this may be an important test for substructure in leptons and quarks. |
| File Size | 1189145 |
| Page Count | 33 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810021540 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t28961933 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Particle Theory Radiative Lifetime Nuclear Energy Astrophysics Neutrinos Particle Decay Cosmology Photons Background Radiation Half Life Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
