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The zero neutrino mode of the double beta decay in heavy deformed nuclei is investigated in the framework of the pseudo SU(3) model, which has provided an accurate description of collective nuclear structure and predicted half-lives for the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Jorge G. Hirsch , O. Castaños , P. O. Hess

Direct determination of the neutrino mass is at the present time one of the most important aims of experimental and theoretical research in nuclear and particle physics. A possible way of detection is through neutrinoless double electron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-09-08 J. Kotila , J. Barea , F. Iachello

The possibility to observe the neutrino-less double $ \beta $ decay and thus to prove the Majorana nature of neutrino as well as provide a sensitive measure of its mass is a major challenge of to-day's neutrino physics. As an attractive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Z. Sujkowski , S. Wycech

Background: Direct determination of the neutrino mass through double-$\beta$ decay is at the present time one of the most important areas of experimental and theoretical research in nuclear and particle physics. Purpose: We calculate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-01-18 J. Barea , J. Kotila , F. Iachello

After nearly 80 years since the first guess on its existence, neutrino still escapes our insight: the mass and the true nature (Majorana or Dirac) of this particle is still unknown. In the past ten years, neutrino oscillation experiments…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-12-17 O. Cremonesi , M. Pavan

Two most outstanding questions are puzzling the world of neutrino Physics: the possible Majorana nature of neutrinos and their absolute mass scale. Direct neutrino mass measurements and neutrinoless double beta decay (0nuDBD) are the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-02-09 Oliviero Cremonesi

In this paper a microscopic state-of-the-art approach to calculation of the nuclear matrix element $M^{0\nu}$ for neutrinoless double beta decay with an account for nuclear deformation is presented in length and applied for $^{76}$Ge,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-17 Dong-Liang Fang , Amand Faessler , Vadim Rodin , Fedor Simkovic

Study of the neutrinoless double beta decay, $0\nu\beta\beta$, includes a variety of problems of nuclear structure theory. They are reviewed here. The problems range from the mechanism of the decay, i.e. exchange of the light Majorana…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Petr Vogel

We study two-neutrino ($2\nu\beta\beta$) and neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decays in the nuclear shell model and proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) frameworks. Calculating the decay half-life…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-14 Lotta Jokiniemi , Beatriz Romeo , Pablo Soriano , Javier Menéndez

Neutrinoless double beta decay can significantly help to shed light on the issue of non-zero neutrino mass, as observation of this lepton number violating process would imply neutrinos are Majorana particles. However, the underlying…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-12-05 Lukas Graf , Frank F. Deppisch , Francesco Iachello , Jenni Kotila

Neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is a crucial test for lepton number violation. Observation of this process would have fundamental implications for neutrino physics, theories beyond the Standard Model and cosmology.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-01 Frank F. Deppisch , Lukas Graf , Francesco Iachello , Jenni Kotila

The predicted neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is the crucial phenomenon to prove the existence of the Majorana neutrino, which gives a foundation to leptogenesis to explain the matter prevalence of the universe. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-04 Jun Terasaki

Since the discovery of nuclear beta decay, nuclear physicists have studied the weak interaction and the nature of neutrinos. Many recent and current experiments have been focused on the elucidation of neutrino oscillations and neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-04 R. D. McKeown

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is one of the key experiments for determining unresolved properties of neutrinos. Experimental observation of $0\nu\beta\beta$ would provide a clear demonstration of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-04-07 Yong-Hamb Kim

In this work, a physics process known since quite long ago, double-gamma decay ($\gamma\gamma$), has been revisited from a new perspective: providing valuable insights into neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) nuclear matrix…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-08-13 Beatriz Romeo Zaragozano

The observation of neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay would offer proof of lepton number violation, demonstrating that neutrinos are Majorana particles, while also helping us understand why there is more matter than…

Assuming 3-$\nu$ mixing, massive Majorana neutrinos and neutrinoless double-beta (\betabeta-) decay generated only by the (V-A) charged current weak interaction via the exchange of the three Majorana neutrinos, we briefly review the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Pascoli , S. T. Petcov , T. Schwetz

We have examined the importance of momentum dependent induced nucleon currents such as weak-magnetism and pseudoscalar couplings to the amplitude of neutrinoless double beta decay in the mechanisms of light and heavy Majorana neutrino as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Simkovic , G. Pantis , J. D. Vergados , A. Faessler

Recently the evidence of the neutrinoless double $\beta$ ($0\nu \beta\beta$) decay has been announced. This means that neutrinos are Majorana particles and their mass hierarchy is forced to certain patterns in the diagonal basis of charged…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-12-21 Naoyuki Haba , Tomoharu Suzuki

Neutrinoless double decay is a unique probe for lepton number conservation and neutrino properties. It allows to investigate the Dirac/Majorana nature of the neutrinos and their absolute mass scale (hierarchy problem) with unprecedented…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-12 Oliviero Cremonesi