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Combined Constraints on Majorana Masses from Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiments

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2021-07-14 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Combined bounds on the Majorana neutrino mass for light and heavy neutrino exchange mechanisms are derived from current neutrinoless double beta decay (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) search results for a variety of nuclear matrix element (NME) models. The approach requires self-consistency of a given model to predict NMEs across different isotopes. The derived bounds are notably stronger than those from any single experiment and show less model-to-model variation, highlighting the advantages of using multiple isotopes in such searches. Projections indicate that the combination of near-term experiments should be able to probe well into the inverted mass hierarchy region. A method to visually represent 0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta} experimental results is also suggested to more transparently compare across different isotopes and explicitly track model dependencies.

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@article{arxiv.2103.06036,
  title  = {Combined Constraints on Majorana Masses from Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiments},
  author = {Steven D. Biller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.06036},
  year   = {2021}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures