Cherenkov effect in the weak interactions generated by the neutrinos and new approach for estimation of neutrino mass

Abstract

It is shown that if weak interactions can generate masses and polarize matter, then the Cherenkov effect induced by these interactions appears. The resonance ($v_ν< c/n$) and the Cherenkov ($v_ν> c/n$) effects are competitive processes and at definite neutrino energies the resonance effect will change to the Cherenkov effect and we obtain an excellent possibility of estimating neutrino masses.