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Limits on sterile neutrino contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-12-10 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Nuclear matrix elements (NME) for exchange of arbitrary mass neutrinos are calculated in the interacting boson model (IBM-2). By combining the NME with the phase space factors (PSF), expected half-lives for neutrinos of mass mNm_N and coupling UeNU_{eN} are estimated. Limits on sterile neutrinos with masses in the eV, keV, MeV-GeV, and TeV range are given.

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@article{arxiv.1509.01925,
  title  = {Limits on sterile neutrino contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay},
  author = {J. Barea and J. Kotila and F. Iachello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.01925},
  year   = {2015}
}