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Neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay is of fundamental importance for determining the neutrino mass. Although double electron ($\beta^-\beta^-$) decay is the most promising mode, in very recent years interest in double positron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-09-18 J. Barea , J. Kotila , F. Iachello

In this work, we have studied the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{76}$Ge and $^{96}$Zr isotopes utilizing large-scale shell-model calculations. The GWBXG effective interaction has been employed in the calculation of $2\nu\beta\beta$-decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-25 Deepak Patel , Praveen C. Srivastava , Jouni Suhonen

The calculated nuclear matrix elements for the neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay suffer from several limitations. Predicted matrix-element values depend on the many-body method used to calculate them and, in addition, they…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Javier Menéndez

We devise a framework based on the generalized contact formalism that combines the nuclear shell model and quantum Monte Carlo methods and compute the neutrinoless double-beta decay of experimentally relevant nuclei, including $^{76}$Ge,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-21 Ronen Weiss , Pablo Soriano , Alessandro Lovato , Jaview Menendez , R. B. Wiringa

As experimental searches for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay are entering a new generation, with hopes to completely probe the inverted mass hierarchy, the need for reliable nuclear matrix elements, which govern the rate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-08 A. Belley , T. Miyagi , S. R. Stroberg , J. D. Holt

Accurate nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for neutrinoless double beta decays of candidate nuclei are important for the design and interpretation of future experiments. Significant progress has been made in the modeling of these NMEs from…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-01-12 J. M. Yao

We study in this letter the double beta decay of 136Xe with emission of two neutrinos which has been recently measured by the EXO-200 collaboration. We use the same shell model framework, valence space, and effective interaction that we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 Etienne Caurier , Frederic Nowacki , Alfredo Poves

In this work we report on the effects of short-range correlations upon the matrix elements of neutrinoless double beta decay. We focus on the calculation of the matrix elements of the neutrino-mass mode of neutrinoless double beta decays of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Kortelainen , O. Civitarese , J. Suhonen , J. Toivanen

The first, to our knowledge, calculation of neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$-decay) matrix elements within the self-consistent renormalised Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (SRQRPA) is presented. The contribution…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-02-18 A. Bobyk , W. A. Kaminski , F. Simkovic

We perform a global fit of the most relevant neutrinoless double beta decay experiments within the standard model with massive Majorana neutrinos. Using Bayesian inference makes it possible to take into account the theoretical uncertainties…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-04-05 Johannes Bergstrom

We study the two-neutrino double-beta decay in 76Ge, 116Cd, 128Te, 130Te, and 150Nd, as well as the two Gamow-Teller branches that connect the double-beta decay partners with the states in the intermediate nuclei. We use a theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-01-06 P. Sarriguren , O. Moreno , E. Moya de Guerra

The calculations of nuclear matrix elements of $0\nu\beta\beta$-decay is a challenge for nuclear physics. We are discussing here a model independent method, which could allow to test the calculations. The method is based on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Bilenky

Background: The discovery of neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay would demonstrate the nature of neutrinos, have profound implications for our understanding of matter-antimatter mystery, and solve the mass hierarchy problem of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-02-09 L. S. Song , J. M. Yao , P. Ring , J. Meng

We calculate the nuclear matrix element (NME), effective axial-vector current coupling $g_A^\mathrm{eff}$, and half-life of the double-$\beta$ ($\beta\beta$) decay using the transition operator perturbed by the nuclear interaction. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-07 J. Terasaki , O. Civitarese

We evaluate all nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) up to next-to-next-to leading order (N$^2$LO) in chiral effective field theory ($\chi$EFT) for the neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of the nuclei most relevant for experiments,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-22 Daniel Castillo , Lotta Jokiniemi , Pablo Soriano , Javier Menéndez

We present a precision analysis of the $^{136}$Xe two-neutrino $\beta\beta$ electron spectrum above 0.8 MeV, based on high-statistics data obtained with the KamLAND-Zen experiment. An improved formalism for the two-neutrino $\beta\beta$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-16 Zen Collaboration

We report ab initio benchmark calculations of nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decays in light nuclei with mass number ranging from $A=6$ to $A=22$. We use the transition operator derived from…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-01-27 J. M. Yao , A. Belley , R. Wirth , T. Miyagi , C. G. Payne , S. R. Stroberg , H. Hergert , J. D. Holt

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

The nuclear matrix element (NME) of the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is an essential input for determining the neutrino effective mass, if the half-life of this decay is measured. The reliable calculation of this NME…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-09-15 J. Terasaki , Y. Iwata

We compute nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double-beta decay mediated by light Majorana-neutrino exchange in the A = 6 system. The goal is to benchmark two many-body approaches, the No-Core Shell Model and the Multi-Reference…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-07-08 R. A. M. Basili , J. M. Yao , J. Engel , H. Hergert , M. Lockner , P. Maris , J. P. Vary