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TeV Scale Left-Right Symmetry and Large Mixing Effects in Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-06-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We analyze various contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ0\nu\beta\beta) in a TeV-scale Left-Right Symmetric Model (LRSM) for type-I seesaw dominance. We find that the momentum-dependent effects due to WLWRW_L-W_R exchange (λ\lambda-diagram) and WLWRW_L-W_R mixing (η\eta-diagram) could give dominant contributions to the 0νββ0\nu\beta\beta amplitude in a wide range of the LRSM parameter space. In particular, for a relatively large WLWRW_L-W_R mixing, the η\eta-contribution by itself could saturate the current experimental limit on the 0νββ0\nu\beta\beta half-life, thereby providing stringent constraints on the relevant LRSM parameters, complementary to the indirect constraints derived from lepton flavor violating observables. In a simplified scenario parametrized by a single light-heavy neutrino mixing, the inclusion of the λ\lambda and η\eta contributions leads to significantly improved 0νββ0\nu\beta\beta constraints on the light-heavy neutrino mixing as well as on the WLWRW_L-W_R mixing parameters. We also present a concrete TeV-scale LRSM setup, where the mixing effects are manifestly enhanced, and discuss the interplay between 0νββ0\nu\beta\beta, lepton flavor violation and electric dipole moment constraints.

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@article{arxiv.1405.1399,
  title  = {TeV Scale Left-Right Symmetry and Large Mixing Effects in Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay},
  author = {P. S. Bhupal Dev and Srubabati Goswami and Manimala Mitra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.1399},
  year   = {2015}
}

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33 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables