Neutrino oscillations and electron-capture storage-ring experiments
Abstract
Oscillations in the electron-capture (EC) decay rate observed in storage-ring experiments are reconsidered in connection with the neutrino mass difference. Taking into account that - according to Relativity Theory - time is slowed down in the reference frame of the orbiting charged particles as compared to the neutral particles (neutrinos) moving on a rectilinear path after the EC decay, we derive a value of for the neutrino mass-squared difference which fully agrees with that observed in other neutrino-oscillation experiments. To further check the connection between EC-decay oscillations and we suggest experiments with different orbital speeds, i.e., different values of the Lorentz factor.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1412.7328,
title = {Neutrino oscillations and electron-capture storage-ring experiments},
author = {Walter Potzel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.7328},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Minor changes in the Introduction and in Section 3 to emphasize the new aspects of the paper more strongly