Interpretation of the new particle of the cosmic ray neutrino experiment

Abstract

In order to reconcile the life time of the new particle observed in the cosmic ray neutrino experiment with its production rate, it is proposed that the particle has a new quantum number (κ) which may be assigned to leptons and hadrons. In the production of the new particle, assumed to be a heavy charged lepton, κ is conserved by creating an associated lepton-hadron pair. Suppression of the κ-violating interaction is invoked to interpret the long life time of this particle. © 1975 Indian Academy of Sciences.