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Re: Call for Authors: Essay on Various Science Topics

Because we do not know what the rest mass of the neutrino is to any degree of
certainty. Although most current experiments show that neutrinos do have a rest
mass I have seen one group claim it is a couple of eV, and another group claim it
is a fraction of an eV. Finally some astro-physicists insist it must be around
10-20 eV. Sounds like a dispute to me.

Also, of course, just a couple years ago most people thought that neutrinos were
massless, maybe they want a historical discussion of this now settled (?) dispute.

David

Jack Uretsky wrote:

Why is "neutrinos and rest mass" considered a subject of dispute?
Regards,
Jack

On Mon, 7 May 2001, Daniel L. MacIsaac wrote:

Acclaimed reference publisher seeks contributors for new series about
contemporary scientific disputes. Series is aimed at high school students
and early undergraduates. Articles pay well and carry bylines. In the
Physical Sciences and Astronomy chapters, current topics needing writers
include:

* cost of high-energy laboratories
* cold fusion
* neutrinos and rest mass
* Pluto: A planet?
* Supernova 1987A
* threat of "space debris" in Earth's orbit

Above is not a complete list of current topics. To learn more about the
project, and to view the complete topic list, go to
www.schlagergroup.com/dispute.htm. Or, contact the series' editor, Neil
Schlager, at neil@schlagergroup.com.


Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern AZ Univ
danmac@nau.edu http://purcell.phy.nau.edu PHYS-L list owner


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