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TrickyDicky
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I'm interested in the history of the discovery of the neutrino suggested in 1930 by Pauli and I read that the first clue came from the fact that beta decay energy from electrons had a continuous rather than discrete spectrum and this seemed to contradict the energy conservation law.
I would like to understand why the fact that the spectrum from beta decay is continuous rather than discrete implies that energy is being lost and how the neutrino solves this situation.
Thanks
I would like to understand why the fact that the spectrum from beta decay is continuous rather than discrete implies that energy is being lost and how the neutrino solves this situation.
Thanks