The relic neutrino composition as seen from Earth

Being generated, the relic neutrino background contained equal fractions of electron $ν_e$, muon $ν_μ$, and taon $ν_τ$ neutrinos. We show that the gravitational field of our Galaxy and other nearby cosmic objects changes this composition near the Solar System, enriching it with the heaviest neutrino $nu_3$. This mass state is almost free of the electron component (only $\sim 2\%$ of $ν_e$) and contains more muon component than the tau one. As a result, the relic background becomes enriched with taon and particularly muon neutrinos. The electron relic neutrinos are the rarest for a terrestrial observer: instead of $1/3$, the relic background may contain only $\gtrsim 20\%$ of them.

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