muon neutrino
E50860
The muon neutrino is a fundamental, electrically neutral lepton in the Standard Model associated with the muon, interacting only via the weak force and gravity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| muon neutrino canonical | 3 |
| Muon neutrino | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Standard Model particle
ⓘ
elementary particle ⓘ fermion ⓘ lepton ⓘ neutrino ⓘ |
| antiparticle | muon antineutrino ⓘ |
| belongsToGeneration | second lepton generation ⓘ |
| canOscillateInto |
electron neutrino
ⓘ
tau neutrino ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Nobel Prize in Physics
ⓘ
surface form:
1988 Nobel Prize in Physics
|
| doesNotInteractVia |
electromagnetic interaction
ⓘ
strong interaction ⓘ |
| formsWeakDoubletWith | muon ⓘ |
| hasChirality | left-handed (for active states) ⓘ |
| hasElectricCharge | 0 ⓘ |
| hasLeptonFamilyNumber | muon lepton number ⓘ |
| hasLeptonNumber | +1 ⓘ |
| hasLeptonNumberForAntiparticle | -1 (muon antineutrino) ⓘ |
| hasRestMass | nonzero but very small ⓘ |
| hasSpin | 1/2 ⓘ |
| hasTypicalVelocity | very close to speed of light ⓘ |
| hasWeakHypercharge | -1/2 (left-handed doublet) ⓘ |
| hasWeakIsospin | +1/2 (left-handed component) ⓘ |
| interactsVia |
gravity
ⓘ
weak interaction ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith | muon ⓘ |
| isColorCharged | false ⓘ |
| isDetectedBy |
Cherenkov detectors
ⓘ
scintillation detectors ⓘ tracking calorimeters ⓘ |
| isElectricallyNeutral | true ⓘ |
| isFundamental | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | muon-neutrino weak isospin doublet ⓘ |
| isProducedIn |
atmospheric showers
ⓘ
cosmic ray interactions ⓘ kaon decay ⓘ muon decay ⓘ nuclear reactors ⓘ particle accelerators ⓘ pion decay ⓘ supernovae ⓘ |
| obeysStatistics | Fermi–Dirac statistics ⓘ |
| participatesIn | neutrino oscillation ⓘ |
| symbol | ν_μ ⓘ |
| wasFirstDirectlyDetectedBy |
Melvin Schwartz
ⓘ
surface form:
Jack Steinberger
Leon Lederman ⓘ Melvin Schwartz ⓘ |
| wasFirstDirectlyDetectedIn | 1962 ⓘ |
| wasPostulatedBy | theoretical developments in lepton families ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.