Neutrino Signals in Electron-Capture Storage-Ring Experiments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Daughter-Ion Oscillations in Two-Body EC
2.1. Daughter-Ion Oscillations in Two-Body EC: Non Storage-Ring Motion
2.2. Daughter-Ion Oscillations in Two-Body EC: Storage-Ring Motion I
2.3. Daughter-Ion Oscillations in Two-Body EC: Storage-Ring Motion II
3. Results
3.1. Center-of-Mass Oscillation Expressions
3.2. Laboratory Frame Oscillation Expressions
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References and Notes
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Chicago/Turabian StyleGal, Avraham. 2016. "Neutrino Signals in Electron-Capture Storage-Ring Experiments" Symmetry 8, no. 6: 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym8060049