Neutrino Mass^2 Inferred from the Cosmic Ray Spectrum and Tritium Beta Decay

Abstract

An earlier prediction of a cosmic ray neutron line right at the energy of the knee of the cosmic ray spectrum was based on the speculation that the electron neutrino is a tachyon whose mass is reciprocally related to the energy of the knee, $E_k$. Given the large uncertainty in $E_k$, the values of ${m_ν}^2$ corresponding to it are consistent with values recently reported in tritium beta decay experiments.