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Neutrinoless double beta decay without Majorana neutrinos

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-08-04 v1

Abstract

It is firmly believed that a signal of neutrinoless double beta decay can unquestionably confirm the Majorana nature of neutrinos. However we notice that a Majorana neutrino mass induced after some neutrinoless double beta decay processes can be accidentally cancelled by another Majorana neutrino mass induced before any neutrinoless double beta decay processes. This realistic cancellation can simultaneously allow an observable neutrinoless double beta decay and a vanishing Majorana neutrino mass. In consequence a future discovery of neutrinoless double beta decay cannot fully rule out the possibility of Dirac neutrinos.

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@article{arxiv.2101.00212,
  title  = {Neutrinoless double beta decay without Majorana neutrinos},
  author = {Pei-Hong Gu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.00212},
  year   = {2021}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures