electron energy 3d model - Electron Antineutrino - Particle physics by MichaelTaylor3D

The electron neutrino (?e) is the first of the three neutrinos. It, along with the electron, forms the first generation of leptons, hence its name electron neutrino. It was first hypothesized by Wolfgang Pauli in 1930, to account for missing momentum and missing energy in beta decay, and was discovered in 1956 by a team lead by Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines