DOI 10.1007/s100529901062
Tritium decay and the hypothesis of tachyonic neutrinos
J. Ciborowski1 - J. Rembielinski2
1 Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Hoza
69, PL-00-681 Warsaw, Poland
(e-mail: cib@hozavx.fuw.edu.pl)
2 Department of Theoretical Physics, University of 
ódz, ul. Pomorska 149/153, PL-90-236 ódz, Poland
(e-mail: jaremb@mvii.uni.lodz.pl)
Received: 12 October 1998 / Published online: 11 March 1999
Abstract
Numerous recent measurements indicate an
excess of counts near the endpoint of the electron energy spectrum
in tritium decay. We show that this effect is expected
if the neutrino is a tachyon. Results of calculations,
based on a unitary (causal) theory of tachyons, are presented.
The hypothesis of tachyonic neutrinos also offers a natural explanation
of the vector-axial (V-A) structure of the weak leptonic current
in neutrino interactions.
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