Absolute neutrino mass determination

We discuss four approaches to the determination of absolute neutrino mass. These are the measurement of the zero-neutrino double beta decay rate, of the tritium decay end-point spectrum, of the cosmic ray spectrum above the GZK cutoff (in the Z-burst model), and the cosmological measurement of the p...

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Published in:	Physical review. D, Particles and fields Vol. 63; no. 11
Main Authors:	Päs, H., Weiler, T. J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States The American Physical Society 01-06-2001
Subjects:	COSMIC NEUTRINOS DECAY DOUBLE BETA DECAY EIGENSTATES ELECTRON NEUTRINOS NEUTRINO OSCILLATION NEUTRINOS PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS TRITIUM
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Summary:	We discuss four approaches to the determination of absolute neutrino mass. These are the measurement of the zero-neutrino double beta decay rate, of the tritium decay end-point spectrum, of the cosmic ray spectrum above the GZK cutoff (in the Z-burst model), and the cosmological measurement of the power spectrum governing the CMB and large scale structure. The first two approaches are sensitive to the mass eigenstates coupling to the electron neutrino, whereas the latter two are sensitive to the heavy component of the cosmic neutrino background. All mass eigenstates are related by the {delta}m{sup 2}'s inferred from neutrino oscillation data. Consequently, the potential for the absolute mass determination of each of the four approaches is correlated with the other three, in ways that we point out.
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ISSN:	0556-2821 1089-4918
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevD.63.113015