Abstract
We calculate the beta decay rate of the free neutron including effects due to (i) a neutrino mass around 1 eV, (ii) deviations from the leptonic V-A structure, (iii) nucleon form factors [Formula: see text], GA(q2), and (iv) W- propagation. At the end-point energies linear neutrino mass effects in [Formula: see text] are almost exclusively kinematical. If the neutrino spectrum is (almost) degenerate, neutrino oscillations cannot uniquely determine the mass of the neutrino, and direct mass determinations become necessary. The traditional Kurie plot and a partially integrated decay rate are found to be sensitive to a neutrino mass between 1 eV and 3 eV.
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