Physics:Acceleron

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Short description: Hypothetical subatomic particle


An acceleron is a hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to relate the mass of the neutrino to the dark energy conjectured to be responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe.[1][2][3] The acceleron was postulated by researchers at the University of Washington in 2004.[4]

References

  1. "New Theory Links Neutrino's Slight Mass To Accelerating Universe Expansion". www.sciencedaily.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080513140136/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/07/040728090338.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
  2. Kaplan, D.; Nelson, A.; Weiner, N. (2004). "Neutrino Oscillations as a Probe of Dark Energy". Physical Review Letters 93 (9): 091801. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.091801. PMID 15447091. Bibcode2004PhRvL..93i1801K. 
  3. Fardon, R.; Nelson, A.; Weiner, N. (2004). "Dark energy from mass varying neutrinos". Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2004 (10): 005. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2004/10/005. Bibcode2004JCAP...10..005F. 
  4. Stricherz, Vince (2004-07-27). "New theory links neutrino's slight mass to accelerating universe expansion". http://www.uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=5166.