Detecting Neutrino Magnetic Moments with Conducting Loops

TL;DR

This paper explores the theoretical possibility of detecting neutrino magnetic moments using conducting loops by analyzing the induced EMF, aiming to inform future experimental efforts and test relativistic models.

Contribution

It introduces a covariant formulation for calculating EMF induced by neutrinos passing through conducting loops, proposing a novel experimental detection method.

Findings

Calculated EMF for neutrinos in various scenarios

Discussed experimental feasibility for detecting neutrino magnetic moments

Explored testing relativistic models of magnetic moments

Abstract

It is well established that neutrinos have mass, yet it is very difficult to measure those masses directly. Within the standard model of particle physics, neutrinos will have an intrinsic magnetic moment proportional to their mass. We examine the possibility of detecting the magnetic moment using a conducting loop. According to Faraday's Law of Induction, a magnetic dipole passing through a conducting loop induces an electromotive force, or EMF, in the loop. We compute this EMF for neutrinos in several cases, based on a fully covariant formulation of the problem. We discuss prospects for a real experiment, as well as the possibility to test the relativistic formulation of intrinsic magnetic moments.