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Experiments showing evidence for a heavy neutrino with a mass of 17 keV launched the new particle on an erratic eight-year career, during which it raised questions about the Standard Model of particle physics and about cosmological theories, stimulated many theoretical papers and pushed experimental techniques to their limit. Its demise provides grounds for faith in the efficacy of the scientific method.
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Morrison, D. The rise and fall of the 17-keV neutrino. Nature 366, 29–32 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/366029a0
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