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The $\lambda$ mechanism of the $0\nu\beta\beta$-decay

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-04-13 v1

Abstract

The λ\lambda mechanism (WLW_L-WRW_R exchange) of the neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ0\nu\beta\beta-decay), which has origin in left-right symmetric model with right-handed gauge boson at TeV scale, is investigated. The revisited formalism of the 0νββ0\nu\beta\beta-decay, which includes higher order terms of nucleon current, is exploited. The corresponding nuclear matrix elements are calculated within quasiparticle random phase approximation with partial restoration of the isospin symmetry for nuclei of experimental interest. A possibility to distinguish between the conventional light neutrino mass (WLW_L-WLW_L exchange) and λ\lambda mechanisms by observation of the 0νββ0\nu\beta\beta-decay in several nuclei is discussed. A qualitative comparison of effective lepton number violating couplings associated with these two mechanisms is performed. By making viable assumption about the seesaw type mixing of light and heavy neutrinos with the value of Dirac mass mDm_D within the range 1 MeV<mD<1 GeV1~ \textrm{MeV} < m_D < 1~ \textrm{GeV}, it is concluded that there is a dominance of the conventional light neutrino mass mechanism in the decay rate.

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@article{arxiv.1804.04223,
  title  = {The $\lambda$ mechanism of the $0\nu\beta\beta$-decay},
  author = {Fedor Šimkovic and Dušan Štefánik and Rastislav Dvornický and Amand Faessler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.04223},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures

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