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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

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

Neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay, an important low-energy process, serves not only as a potential test of the Majorana nature of neutrinos, but also as a sensitive probe for new physics beyond the Standard Model. In this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-10 Vivek Banerjee , Sasmita Mishra

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 present the first chiral effective theory derivation of the neutrinoless double beta-decay $nn\rightarrow pp$ potential induced by light Majorana neutrino exchange. The effective-field-theory framework has allowed us to identify and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-22 V. Cirigliano , W. Dekens , E. Mereghetti , A. Walker-Loud

Two-neutrino double-beta ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay has been used to constrain the neutron-proton part of effective interactions, which in turn is used to compute the nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay, the observation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-20 Nobuo Hinohara , Jonathan Engel

We revisit the "interpolating formula" proposed in our previous publication. It allows one to calculate the neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$-decay) half-life for arbitrary neutrino mass without involvement of the complicated…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-11 A. Babič , S. Kovalenko , M. I. Krivoruchenko , F. Šimkovic

The neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay process could provide crucial information to determine the absolute scale of the neutrino masses, and it is the only one that can establish whether neutrino is a Dirac or a Majorana…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-05-12 Mihai Horoi , Sabin Stoica

We investigate neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in the presence of sterile neutrinos with Majorana mass terms. These gauge-singlet fields are allowed to interact with Standard-Model (SM) fields via renormalizable Yukawa…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-07-15 Wouter Dekens , Jordy de Vries , Kaori Fuyuto , Emanuele Mereghetti , Guanghui Zhou

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is presently the only known experiment to distinguisch between Dirac neutrinos, different from their antiparticles, and Majorana neutrinos, identical with their antiparticles. In addition…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Amand Faessler

The $\lambda$ mechanism ($W_L$-$W_R$ exchange) of the neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$-decay), which has origin in left-right symmetric model with right-handed gauge boson at TeV scale, is investigated. The revisited…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-04-13 Fedor Šimkovic , Dušan Štefánik , Rastislav Dvornický , Amand Faessler

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

Neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is a heretofore unobserved process which, if observed, would imply that neutrinos are Majorana particles. Interpretations of the stringent experimental constraints on $0\nu\beta\beta$-decay…

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

After briefly reviewing $\beta \beta$ decay as a test of the neutrino mass, I examine the nuclear structure involved in this process. Simple formulas (\`{a} la Pad\'{e}) are designed for the transition amplitudes and the general behavior of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-14 F. Krmpotić

We investigate neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in minimal extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics where gauge-singlet right-handed neutrinos give rise to Dirac and Majorana neutrino mass terms. We argue that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-28 W. Dekens , J. de Vries , D. Castillo , J. Menéndez , E. Mereghetti , V. Plakkot , P. Soriano , G. Zhou

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

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…

We use Lee-Suzuki mappings and related techniques to construct effective two-body p-shell interactions and neutrinoless double-beta operators that exactly reproduce the results of large no-core-shell-model calculations of double-beta decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Deepshikha Shukla , Jonathan Engel , Petr Navratil

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