Direct search for mass of neutrino and anomaly in the tritium beta-spectrum

被引:288
作者
Lobashev, VM [1 ]
Aseev, VN [1 ]
Belesev, AI [1 ]
Berlev, AI [1 ]
Geraskin, EV [1 ]
Golubev, AA [1 ]
Kazachenko, OV [1 ]
Kuznetsov, YE [1 ]
Ostroumov, RP [1 ]
Rivkis, LA [1 ]
Stern, BE [1 ]
Titov, NA [1 ]
Zadorozhny, SV [1 ]
Zakharov, YI [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
基金
俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
关键词
tritium; spectrum; neutrino mass; anomaly;
D O I
10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00781-9
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Results of the "Troitsk nu-mass" experiment on the search for the neutrino rest mass in the tritium beta-decay are presented. Study of time dependence of anomalous, bump-like structure at the end of beta spectrum reported earlier gives indication of periodic shift of the position of the bump with respect to the end-point energy with a period of 0.5 year. A new upper limit for electron antineutrino rest mass m(nu) < 2.5 eV/c(2) 95% C.L. is derived after accounting for the bump. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:227 / 235
页数:9
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