ON THE ORIGIN OF THE 17-KEV NEUTRINO SIGNALS, AND A LOSS-FREE MEASUREMENT OF THE S-35 BETA-SPECTRUM

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作者
ABELE, H
HELM, G
KANIA, U
SCHMIDT, C
LAST, J
DUBBERS, D
机构
[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
[2] TECHN UNIV MUNCHEN,FAK PHYS E21,D-85747 GARCHING,GERMANY
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10.1016/0370-2693(93)90652-X
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We present measurements of the beta-spectrum of S-35 with silicon detectors sing a virtually loss-free method originally developed for free neutron decay. We set stringent limits on the amplitude of heavy neutrino admixtures in the same system that so far had produced the most significant heavy neutrino signals. We found that the energy spectrum of electrons scattered from solid matter has the shape expected for a heavy neutrino kink.
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