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Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: Low Left-Right Symmetry Scale?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-12-21 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Experiments in progress may confirm a nonzero neutrinoless double beta decay rate in conflict with the cosmological upper limit on neutrino masses and thus require new physics beyond the Standard Model. A natural candidate is the Left-Right symmetric theory, which led originally to neutrino mass and the seesaw mechanism. In the absence of cancelations of large Dirac Yukawa couplings, we show how such a scenario would require a low scale of Left-Right symmetry breaking roughly below 10 TeV, tantalizingly close to the LHC reach.

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@article{arxiv.1112.3061,
  title  = {Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: Low Left-Right Symmetry Scale?},
  author = {Miha Nemevsek and Fabrizio Nesti and Goran Senjanovic and Vladimir Tello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.3061},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures, clarification and references added