A type of neutrino associated with the electron, often created in particle interactions involving electrons (such as beta decay). The electron neutrino has a mass of less than 4 × 10 - 6 that of an electron.
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The nearly massless particles change type as they fly, so an electron neutrino from the Sun can turn into another variety before reaching Earth.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2023
As they show, the electron neutrino consists of a superposition of these different states rather than having a single mass.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 21, 2020
An electron neutrino, say, can emerge from a nuclear reactor in one place and appear in a detector somewhere else as a muon neutrino.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
Solar fusion produces only one type of neutrino, the so-called electron neutrino, and the initial experiments to detect solar neutrinos were designed to detect this one type.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Experimental evidence indicates that neutrinos come in three varieties: the electron neutrino, the muon neutrino and the tau neutrino.
From Time Magazine Archive
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