Tauon-neutrino

Key Stage 5

Meaning

An tauon-neutrino (ν_τ) is a type of neutrino with the flavour of a tauon.

About Tauon-neutrinos

The tauon-neutrino is denoted with the Greek letter ν ('nu') with the subscript τ ('tau').

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

The tauon-neutrino has negligible mass and no charge.

Tauon-neutrinos are affected by the:

• Weak Nuclear Interaction
• Gravitational Interaction

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