Observability of the Neutrino Charge Radius
Abstract
It is shown that the probe-independent charge radius of the neutrino is a physical observable; as such, it may be extracted from experiment, at least in principle. This is accomplished by expressing a set of experimental νμ-e cross sections in terms of the finite charge radius and two additional gauge- and renormalization-group-invariant quantities, corresponding to the electroweak effective charge and mixing angle.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- August 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.101802
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/0206015
- Bibcode:
- 2002PhRvL..89j1802B
- Keywords:
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- 14.60.Lm;
- 12.15.Lk;
- 13.15.+g;
- 13.40.Gp;
- Ordinary neutrinos (nuW bosons;
- Electroweak radiative corrections;
- Neutrino interactions;
- Electromagnetic form factors;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 1 figure