Reaction Studies of Lepton Number Violation
Nuclear Theory
2026-03-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Nuclear isotensor spectroscopy as accessible in nuclear double charge exchange (DCE) reactions is indispensable for quantitative studies of lepton number violation as in double beta decay (DBD). For such studies heavy ion double single charge exchange (DSCE) and direct Majorana double charge exchange (MDCE) reactions are discussed. Isotensor two-body transition densities are investigated for the first time. Pion-potentials, mirroring neutrino potentials, and isotensor short range correlations are explored. Lepton DCE (LDCE) reactions on nuclei at accelerators are introduced as a promising new approach to investigate lepton number violation.
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@article{arxiv.2603.21903,
title = {Reaction Studies of Lepton Number Violation},
author = {Horst Lenske},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.21903},
year = {2026}
}
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6 pages, 5 figures, , to be published in Nuovo Cimento