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In article <25398@dog.ee.lbl.gov> sichase@csa2.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes:

> If a mixing experiment were to conclusively rule out the possibility
> of a tau neutrino which couples at something near 1% to electrons, then 
> I think that the 17 KeV neutrino advocates would be pressed hard up against
> the wall.  

Only if you think that the "17 keV neutrino" is necessarily the tau
neutrino!  I agree that this is the most attractive possibility, but
there are plenty of other models out there...  (Including, for
example, the suggestion that what we're looking at isn't a new
particle, but rather a new interaction.)

Still, I agree that this experiment is an important one for solving
the 17 keV neutrino puzzle, and the e-tau mixing experiments are
getting close to the necessary precision.
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