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EURD Data Provide Strong Evidence Against the Sciama Model of Radiative Decay of Massive Neutrinos

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Data obtained with a high resolution, high sensitivity spectrometer flown on the Spanish MINISAT 01 satellite wereused to test the Sciama model of radiatively decaying massive neutrinos. The observed emission is far less intense than that expected in the Sciama model.

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  1. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720-7450

    Stuart Bowyer, Eric J. Korpela, Jerry Edelstein & Michael Lampton

  2. Laboratorio Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental, INTA, Apdo. Correos 50727, E-28080, Madrid, Spain

    Carmen Morales, Juan Pérez-Mercader, José F. Gómez & JoaquÍn Trapero

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Bowyer, S., Korpela, E.J., Edelstein, J. et al. EURD Data Provide Strong Evidence Against the Sciama Model of Radiative Decay of Massive Neutrinos. Astrophysics and Space Science 276, 155–161 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011617524897

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