Evidence against the Sciama Model of Radiative Decay of Massive Neutrinos
Author(s) -
Stuart Bowyer,
Eric Korpela,
Jerry Edelstein,
M. Lampton,
Carmen Morales,
Juan PérezMercader,
José F. Gómez,
J. Trapero
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the astrophysical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376
H-Index - 489
eISSN - 1538-4357
pISSN - 0004-637X
DOI - 10.1086/307990
Subject(s) - physics , neutrino , sky , astrophysics , radiative transfer , satellite , spectrometer , astronomy , line (geometry) , nuclear physics , optics , geometry , mathematics
We report on spectral observations of the night sky in the band around 900angstroms where the emission line in the Sciama model of radiatively decayingmassive neutrinos would be present. The data were obtained with a highresolution, high sensitivity spectrometer flown on the Spanish MINISATsatellite. The observed emission is far less intense than that expected in theSciama model.Comment: 9 pages, accepted to Ap
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