Neutrino deficit challenges conservation laws

Frank Wilczek ()
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Frank Wilczek: the School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study

Nature, 1998, vol. 391, issue 6663, 123-124

Abstract: New observations of neutrinos threaten cherished conservation laws, and call into question the completeness of the Standard Model of particle physics, which describes the fundamental properties and interactions of every particle in the Universe. New data from the SuperKamiokande detector, a giant underground tank of water lined with photomultiplier tubes, show that neutrinos spontaneously change their ‘flavour‘ in flight, violating the laws of lepton number conservation.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/34289

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