Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay: a Probe of Physics Beyond the Standard Model
By S. Bilenky, C. Giunti. 2014
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In the Standard Model the total lepton number is conserved. Thus, neutrinoless double-beta decay, in which the total lepton number is violated by two units, is a probe of physics beyond the Standard Model. In this review we consider the basic mechanism of neutrinoless double-beta decay induced by light Majorana neutrino masses. After a brief summary of the present status of our knowledge of neutrino masses and mixing and an introduction to the seesaw mechanism for the generation of light Majorana neutrino masses, in this review we discuss the theory and phenomenology of neutrinoless double-beta decay. We present the basic elements of the theory of neutrinoless double-beta decay, our view of the present status of the challenging problem of the calculation of the nuclear matrix element of the process and a summary of the experimental results.
Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation
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- Flavor structures of charged fermions and massive neutrinos (2019, background): “Historically, the first 2ν2β decay mode observed in the laboratory was 82Se → 82Kr + 2e− + 2νe [174]; but today one is paying more attention to the 0ν2β decay modes 76Ge → 76Se + 2e−, 136Xe → 136Ba + 2e− and 130Te → 130Xe + 2e−, and so on [175].”
- Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: 2015 Review (2016, background): “Eachwork emphasizes one or more relevant aspects such as the experimental part [21– 25], the nuclear physics [26, 27], the connectionwith neutrino masses [28, 29], and other particle physics mechanisms [30– 33].”