Muon-neutrino

Key Stage 5

Meaning

An muon-neutrino (ν_μ) is a type of neutrino with the flavour of a muon.

About Muon-neutrinos

The muon-neutrino is denoted with the Greek letter ν ('nu') with the subscript μ ('mu').

Muon-neutrinos are fundamental particles as they are not made of any smaller particles.

The muon-neutrino has negligible mass and no charge.

Muon-neutrinos are affected by the:

• Weak Nuclear Interaction
• Gravitational Interaction

Lepton	Charge/e	Strangeness	Baryon Number	Lepton Number
Electron-neutrino	\(Q=0\)	\(S=0\)	\(B=0\)	\(L=+1\)
Antielectron-neutrino	\(Q=0\)	\(S=0\)	\(B=0\)	\(L=-1\)