 the electron neutrino () is a subatomic lepton elementary particle which has no net electric charge. together with the electron it 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 led by clyde cowan and frederick reines (see cowanâreines neutrino experiment).  ==proposal== in the early 1900s, theories predicted that the electrons resulting from beta decay should have been emitted at a specific energy. however, in 1914, james chadwick showed that electrons were instead emitted in a continuous spectrum. : &rarr;  +  :the early understanding of beta decay in 1930, wolfgang pauli theorized that an undetected particle was carrying away the observed difference between the energy, momentum, and angular momentum of the initial and final particles.niels bohr was notably opposed to this interpretation of beta decay and was ready to accept that energy, momentum and angular momentum were not conserved quantities.  : &rarr;  +  +  :pauli's version of beta decay ===pauli's letter=== on 4 decembe
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