A Biased Review of Tau Neutrino Mass Limits

Details A Biased Review of Tau Neutrino Mass Limits A Biased Review of Tau Neutrino Mass Limits

2000-12-20

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0012045v1

Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 98 (2001) 48-56

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

9 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables. To appear in the Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics, Sept 18-

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0920-5632(01)01194-X

After a quick review of astrophysically relevant limits, I present a summary of MeV scale tau neutrino mass limits derived from accelerator based experiments. I argue that the current published limits appear to be too consistent, and that we therefore cannot conclude that the tau neutrino mass limit is as low as usually claimed. I provide motivational arguments calling into question the assumed statistical properties of the usual maxumum likelihood estimators, and provide a prescription for deriving a more robust and understandable mass limit.

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