1996/10/10 by Rabindra N. Mohapatra, S. Nussinov, Shmuel Nussinov · 17 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #BETA (programming language) #Beta decay #Computer science #Consistency (knowledge bases) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Double beta decay #Electron neutrino #Mathematics #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino oscillation #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Physics beyond the Standard Model #Range (aeronautics) #Standard Model (mathematical formulation) #Weak interaction #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(97)00054-3
published in Physics Letters B 395(1-2), 63-68 (Elsevier BV) · 12 pages; No figures
arxiv created 1996/10/10 · openalex publication_date 1997/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Recent experimental searches for neutrino mass in tritium beta decay yield a negative value for the mass-squared of the electron neutrino. If this effect is genuine, then it is hard to understand it using conventional particle physics ideas as embodied in the standard model or its simple extensions that have been widely discussed. We consider the possibility that there is a hidden anomalous long range interaction of neutrinos that is responsible for this effect and study the phenomenological consistency of this idea. We also discuss how such interactions may arise in extensions of the standard model.