Back Muonneutrino Afrikaans ميوون نيترينو Arabic Neutrín muónico AST Мюоннае нейтрына Byelorussian Neutrí muònic Catalan Neutrinu muonicu Corsican Neutrino muónico Spanish Muoi neutrino Basque میون نوترینو Persian Neutrino muonique French
| Composition | Elementary particle |
|---|---|
| Statistics | Fermionic |
| Family | Lepton |
| Generation | Second |
| Interactions | Weak, Gravity |
| Symbol | ν μ |
| Antiparticle | Muon antineutrino ( ν μ) |
| Theorized | (1940s) |
| Discovered | Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger (1962) |
| Mass | Small but non-zero. See neutrino mass. |
| Electric charge | 0 e |
| Color charge | No |
| Spin | 1/2 |
| Weak isospin | 1/2 |
| Weak hypercharge | −1 |
| Chirality | left-handed (for right-handed neutrinos, see sterile neutrino) |
The muon neutrino is an elementary particle which has the symbol
ν
μ and zero electric charge. Together with the muon it forms the second generation of leptons, hence the name muon neutrino. It was discovered in 1962 by Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger. The discovery was rewarded with the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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