COSMOLOGICAL UPPER LIMIT ON THE MASS OF HEAVY NEUTRINOS

被引:28
作者
HUT, P [1 ]
OLIVE, KA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CHICAGO,ENRICO FERMI INST,CHICAGO,IL 60637
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0370-2693(79)90039-X
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
An upper limit of 60 GeV is derived on the mass of a stable heavy neutrino, using the standard big bang model. This is in addition to the previous limits which constrain the mass of a neutrino to be less than 50 eV or greater than 10 GeV. Thus, we predict that in the near future all existing types of stable neutrinos will be detected. © 1979.
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