Search for neutrino decay during the 1999 solar eclipse

Authors
Cecchini, S Giacomelli, G Hasegan, D Mandrioli, G Maris, O Patrizii, L Plaian, A Popa, V Stefanov, L Valeanu, V
Citation
S. Cecchini et al., Search for neutrino decay during the 1999 solar eclipse, ASTRO SP SC, 273(1-4), 2000, pp. 35-41
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
273
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
35 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(200009)273:1-4<35:SFNDDT>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The solar neutrino problem could arise from oscillation of one neutrino typ e into a second type. Neutrinos would have a mass and there could be the po ssibility of radiative neutrino decays. We discuss the search for neutrino decays during the 1999 solar eclipse: it involves the emitted visible photo ns, while neutrinos travel from the Moon to the Earth. The concept and the main characteristics of the NOTTE experiment are presented.