On solutions of the standard-model Lagrangian with a Majorana mass term
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
It is demonstrated that the standard-model Lagrangian with a Majorana mass term for the neutrino admits no non-trivial solution. Because the standard model is generally believed to describe the gauge interactions of neutrinos correctly, the Majorana mass term must vanish and thus cannot enable neutrino-less double beta decay. More generally, neutrinos with standard-model gauge interactions cannot be Majorana fields. Historical reasons why this conclusion has not been drawn earlier are analyzed.
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@article{arxiv.0706.3797,
title = {On solutions of the standard-model Lagrangian with a Majorana mass term},
author = {R. Plaga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.3797},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Comments on this paper by V.Dvoeglazov in Ann. Fond. Louis de Broglie 31, 135 (2006); supersedes hep-ph/0108052v1; see also: http://rplaga.tripod.com/majorana/majorana.html for more information