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Assuming that neutrinos are Majorana particles, we explore what information can be inferred from future strong limits (i.e. non-observation) for neutrinoless double beta decay. Specifically we consider the case where the mass hierarchy is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-22 Shao-Feng Ge , Manfred Lindner

When three Majorana neutrinos describe the solar and atmospheric neutrino data via oscillations, a nonzero measurement of neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay can determine the sum of neutrino masses $\sum m_\nu$ if the solar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-15 V. Barger , K. Whisnant

We analyze neutrinoless double $\beta$-decay ($\nbb$-decay) mediated by heavy particles from the standpoint of effective field theory. We show how symmetries of the $\nbb$-decay quark operators arising in a given particle physics model…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-16 Gary Prézeau , M. Ramsey-Musolf , Petr Vogel

We highlight in a model independent way the dependence of the effective Majorana mass parameter, relevant for neutrinoless double beta decay, on the CP phases of the PMNS matrix, using the most recent neutrino data including the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Asmaa Abada , Gautam Bhattacharyya

The discovery that neutrinos have finite rest mass has led to renewed interest in neutrinoless double beta decay. The development of large-scale experiments to search for neutrinoless double beta decay has increased the probability of a…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-05 S. J. Freeman , J. P. Schiffer

Neutrino oscillation and tritium beta decay experiments taken simultaneously into account are able to access the so far imperceptible absolute neutrino masses at the electronvolt level. The neutrino mass spectrum derived in this way is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-02-21 M. Czakon , J. Gluza , J. Studnik , M. Zralek

Most of what is known about neutrino masses and mixings results from studies of oscillation phenomena. We focus on those neutrino properties that are not amenable to such studies: $\Sigma $, the sum of the absolute values of the neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-31 Sheldon L. Glashow

Neutrinoless double beta decay (\( 0 \nu \beta \beta \)) is a hypothetical nuclear decay mode with important implications. In particular, observation of this decay would demonstrate that the neutrino is a Majorana particle and that lepton…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-04-17 W. Detmold , D. J. Murphy

Neutrinoless double-beta decay, if observed, would signal physics beyond the Standard Model that could be discovered at energies significantly lower than those at which the relevant degrees of freedom could be excited. Therefore, it could…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-07-13 Mihai Horoi , Andrei Neacsu

The neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay is a hypothetical rare nuclear decay, which can be used for determining the neutrino-mass scale. The scheme to use this decay for determining the neutrino-mass scale is one of few limited methods…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-23 J. Terasaki

We have studied the constraints imposed by the results of neutrino oscillation experiments on the effective Majorana mass |<m>| that characterizes the contribution of Majorana neutrino masses to the matrix element of neutrinoless…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-25 S. M. Bilenky , C. Giunti , C. W. Kim , M. Monteno

We stress that massive neutrinos may be Majorana particles even if the effective mass of the neutrinoless double beta decay m_ee vanishes. We show that current neutrino oscillation data do allow m_ee = 0 to hold, if the Majorana…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Zhi-zhong Xing

The various experiments on neutrino oscillation evidenced that neutrinos have indeed non-zero masses but cannot tell us the absolute neutrino mass scale. This scale of neutrino masses is very important for understanding the evolution and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-09-05 Christian Weinheimer , Kai Zuber

Neutrino mass sum-rule is a very important research subject from theoretical side because neutrino oscillation experiment only gave us two squared-mass differences and three mixing angles. We review neutrino mass sum-rule in literature that…

General Physics · Physics 2017-07-11 Asan Damanik

The first results from the JUNO reactor neutrino oscillation experiment improve our knowledge of neutrino masses and mixing parameters, especially the solar angle $\theta_s \equiv \theta_{12}$ and the solar mass squared difference $\Delta…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-04 Shao-Feng Ge , Chui-Fan Kong , Manfred Lindner , João Paulo Pinheiro

We investigate two-neutrino double beta decay ($2\nu\beta\beta$) in chiral effective field theory. We find contributions from weak magnetism and double-weak pion-exchange at next-to-leading-order in the chiral power counting. We discuss the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-19 Saad el Morabit , Ryan Bouabid , Vincenzo Cirigliano , Jordy de Vries , Lukáš Gráf , Emanuele Mereghetti

Two-neutrino double-beta decay of certain nuclear isotopes is one of the rarest Standard Model processes observed in nature. Its neutrinoless counterpart is an exotic lepton-number nonconserving process that is widely searched for to…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-01-01 Zohreh Davoudi , Saurabh V. Kadam

The effective Majorana neutrino mass is evaluated by using the latest results of neutrino oscillation experiments. The problems of the neutrino mass spectrum,absolute mass scale of neutrinos and the effect of CP phases are addressed. A…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 S. M. Bilenky , Amand Faessler , F. Simkovic

Second order beta-decay processes with and without neutrinos in the final state are key probes of nuclear physics and of the nature of neutrinos. Neutrinoful double-beta decay is the rarest Standard Model process that has been observed and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-03-20 Vincenzo Cirigliano , William Detmold , Amy Nicholson , Phiala Shanahan

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…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-08-04 Pei-Hong Gu