- ...)-handed1
- The subscripts
and
really refer to the left and right chiral projections. In
the limit of zero mass these correspond to left and right helicity
states.
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- ... state2
- Which is referred
to as the particle or the antiparticle is a matter of convenience.
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- ...
Sterile3
- Sterile neutrinos are often referred to as
``right-handed'' neutrinos, but that terminology is
confusing and inappropriate when Majorana masses are present.
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- ... singlet4
- In principle this could also be generated by a bare
mass, but this is usually forbidden by higher symmetries in extensions
of the standard model.
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- ... quasi-degeneracy5
- For
MSW oscillations, the data implies that most likely
under the convention
that
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is undetermined.
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- ...
cosmologically6
- There is no viable large mixing angle (LMA) or low mass (LOW)
solar neutrino solution for
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These are most
likely excluded independently
by the BBN data.
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