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.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Standard Model particle
→
elementary particle → fermion → lepton → neutrino → |
| antiparticle |
muon antineutrino
→
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| belongsToGeneration |
second lepton generation
→
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| canOscillateInto |
electron neutrino
→
tau neutrino → |
| contributedTo |
1988 Nobel Prize in Physics
→
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| doesNotInteractVia |
electromagnetic interaction
→
strong interaction → |
| formsWeakDoubletWith |
muon
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| hasChirality |
left-handed (for active states)
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| hasElectricCharge |
0
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| hasLeptonFamilyNumber |
muon lepton number
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| hasLeptonNumber |
+1
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| hasLeptonNumberForAntiparticle |
-1 (muon antineutrino)
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| hasRestMass |
nonzero but very small
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| hasSpin |
1/2
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| hasTypicalVelocity |
very close to speed of light
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| hasWeakHypercharge |
-1/2 (left-handed doublet)
→
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| hasWeakIsospin |
+1/2 (left-handed component)
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| interactsVia |
gravity
→
weak interaction → |
| isAssociatedWith |
muon
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| isColorCharged |
false
→
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| isDetectedBy |
Cherenkov detectors
→
scintillation detectors → tracking calorimeters → |
| isElectricallyNeutral |
true
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| isFundamental |
true
→
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| isPartOf |
muon-neutrino weak isospin doublet
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| isProducedIn |
atmospheric showers
→
cosmic ray interactions → kaon decay → muon decay → nuclear reactors → particle accelerators → pion decay → supernovae → |
| obeysStatistics |
Fermi–Dirac statistics
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| participatesIn |
neutrino oscillation
→
|
| symbol |
ν_μ
→
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| wasFirstDirectlyDetectedBy |
Jack Steinberger
→
Leon Lederman → Melvin Schwartz → |
| wasFirstDirectlyDetectedIn |
1962
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| wasPostulatedBy |
theoretical developments in lepton families
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Leon Lederman
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co-discovered |
|
Standard Model
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|
containsParticle |