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    Weigh the three neutrinos

    Pick the mass ordering and the lightest neutrino’s mass, and see where the total lands against every published cosmological and lab limit.

    Mass ordering
    0 eV

    Far left = massless. Log steps up to 0.1 eV.

    MASS 1 (LIGHTEST)0 eV
    MASS 20.0087 eV
    MASS 30.0501 eV
    SUM OF THE 30.0588 eV
    SUM IN KILOGRAMS1.05 × 10⁻³⁷ kg
    SHARE OF ALL MATTER0.45 %
    DESI DR2+CMB · FREQUENTISTRULED OUT0.053SPT-3G+ACT+PLANCK+DESI DR2RULED OUT0.055DESI DR2+PLANCK PR4+ACTALLOWED0.061DESI DR2+CMB · BAYESIANALLOWED0.0642SPT LENSING+DESI DR2 · PREPRINTALLOWED0.072DESI DR2+PLANCK & ACTALLOWED0.077ACT DR6+PLANCK+DESI DR1ALLOWED0.089PLANCK 2018+BAOALLOWED0.12EVOLVING DARK ENERGYALLOWED0.163INVISIBLE DECAYALLOWED0.23KATRIN LAB LIMIT (≈1.35 eV)ALLOWEDCONTINUES →00.050.10.150.20.250.30.35SUM OF THE 3 MASSES (eV)

    The physics, the assumptions behind this tool and the sources are explained in The neutrino mass mystery: a floor, a ceiling and three suspects.

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