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On the Lighter Side => New Theories => Topic started by: talanum1 on 11/02/2022 14:46:41

Title: Is Third Component of Weak Isospin of an Antineutrino = +1/2 or -1/2?
Post by: talanum1 on 11/02/2022 14:46:41

Is T₃ of an antineutrino = +1/2 or -1/2?

Title: Re: Is Third Component of Weak Isospin of an Antineutrino = +1/2 or -1/2?
Post by: Kartazion on 12/02/2022 13:28:31

AFAIK there is no + or - but rather one ± for the neutrino spin because the chirality. The antineutrino is always of right-handed (right helicity +1). The spin of neutrinos is always opposite to the linear momentum while that of antineutrinos is always the same way as the linear momentum.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/neutrino3.html

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