Evidence against the Sciama model of radiative decay of massive neutrinos

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作者
Bowyer, S [1 ]
Korpela, EJ
Edelstein, J
Lampton, M
Morales, C
Pérez-Mercader, J
Gómez, JF
Trapero, J
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Space Sci Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] INTA, Lab Astrofis Espacial & Fis Fundamental, Madrid 28080, Spain
关键词
cosmology : observations; diffuse radiation; ultraviolet : general;
D O I
10.1086/307990
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We report on spectral observations of the night sky in the band around 900 Angstrom where the emission line in the Sciama model of radiatively decaying massive neutrinos would be present. The data were obtained with a high-resolution, high-sensitivity spectrometer flown on the Spanish satellite MINISAT. The observed emission is far less intense than that expected in the Sciama model.
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