Muon neutrino

Layer 1 — Physicsin the standard-model subtree

Second-generation neutrino: spin-½, electrically neutral, nearly massless. Couples to the muon via charged-current weak interaction. Distinguished from ν_e by the Brookhaven two-neutrino experiment (Lederman-Schwartz-Steinberger, 1962).

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