Boehm, F., Vogel, P. Physics of Massive Neutrinos (Fizika massivnykh neytrino), 1990. In Russian

Боум Ф., Фогель П. Физика массивных нейтрино. / Пер. с англ.
Москва : Мир, 1990.
303 с. Твёрдый издательский переплёт, увеличенный формат.
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Boehm, F., Vogel, P. Physics of Massive Neutrinos (Fizika massivnykh neytrino). / Translated from English.
Moscow: Mir, 1990.
303 pp. Publisher’s hardcover, enlarged format.

This 1990 monograph, published by the prestigious "Mir" publishing house, stands as one of the definitive academic works on the most elusive particle in the universe. Written by two giants of the field from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)—the experimentalist Felix Boehm and the theorist Peter Vogel—this book arrived at a crucial historical juncture when the scientific community began to move away from the "massless" neutrino assumption of the Standard Model.
The authors provide a rigorous and systematic exposition of neutrino properties, bridging the gap between nuclear and particle physics. A central theme of the work is the distinction between Dirac and Majorana neutrinos, a fundamental question in modern physics concerning whether the neutrino is its own antiparticle. Boehm and Vogel meticulously analyze the theoretical framework and the experimental searches for neutrino oscillations and mass, including detailed sections on tritium beta decay and the physics of solar neutrinos.
A significant portion of the book is devoted to double beta decay, a field in which Felix Boehm was a leading pioneer. The authors discuss the role of massive neutrinos in astrophysical processes and their profound implications for cosmology, particularly regarding the "missing mass" or dark matter problem of the early 1990s. The technical depth of the book—supported by complex equations, energy spectra, and experimental layout diagrams—makes it an essential reference for physicists and cosmologists.
Unlike some later expanded editions, this Russian translation focuses strictly on the core work of Boehm and Vogel. It remains a classic of late Soviet scientific literature, reflecting a time of intense international collaboration in high-energy physics. For the historian of science or the professional physicist, this volume captures the foundational era of what is now known as "New Physics" beyond the Standard Model.