arXiv:1312.0879·v3·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Prospects of detection of relic antineutrinos by resonant absorption in electron capturing nuclei
J.D. Vergados (University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece)🇬🇷 · Yu. N. Novikov (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia)🇷🇺
Abstract
We consider the possibility of detecting relic anti-neutrinos by their resonant absorption in a nucleus, which can undergo electron capture. This possibility appears quite realistic in view of recent developments in Penning Trap Mass Spectrometry and cryogenic micro-calorimetry.
Comments: 7 LaTex pages, 5 figures (two new added), 2 tables (one new added); references added, discussion extended, to appear in J. Phys. B (in press)