Can we observe the oscillation of muon neutrinos to electron neutrinos?
Neutrinos come in three varieties: muon neutrinos, electron neutrinos and tau neutrinos. Scientists know that neutrinos oscillate, or change from one type to another, and have seen, for example, oscillations of muon neutrinos to tau neutrinos. But scientists have not seen muon neutrinos oscillating into electron neutrinos. Unknown factors that govern neutrino oscillations have significant implications for our understanding of the makeup of the universe.
