An acceleron is a hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to relate the mass of the neutrino to the dark energy conjectured to be responsible for the accelerating expansion of the universe.[1][2][3] The acceleron was postulated by researchers at the University of Washington in 2004.[4]

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  1. ^ "New theory links neutrino's slight mass to accelerating universe expansion". sciencedaily.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
  2. ^ Kaplan, D.; Nelson, A.; Weiner, N. (2004). "Neutrino oscillations as a probe of dark energy". Physical Review Letters. 93 (9): 091801. arXiv:hep-ph/0401099. Bibcode:2004PhRvL..93i1801K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.091801. PMID 15447091. S2CID 8861027.
  3. ^ Fardon, R.; Nelson, A.; Weiner, N. (2004). "Dark energy from mass varying neutrinos". Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2004 (10): 005. arXiv:astro-ph/0309800. Bibcode:2004JCAP...10..005F. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2004/10/005. S2CID 250827123.
  4. ^ Stricherz, Vince (27 July 2004). "New theory links neutrino's slight mass to accelerating universe expansion". UW News (uwnews.org) (Press release). Seattle, WA: University of Washington. Archived from the original on 22 August 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2023.


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