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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

We present an exploratory lattice QCD calculation of the neutrinoless double beta decay $\pi\pi\to ee$. Under the mechanism of light-neutrino exchange, the decay amplitude involves significant long-distance contributions. The calculation…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2019-01-23 Xu Feng , Lu-Chang Jin , Xin-Yu Tuo , Shi-Cheng Xia

The neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is a unique process to identify the Majorana nature of massive neutrinos, and its rate depends on the size of the effective Majorana neutrino mass $\langle m\rangle_{ee}$. We put forward…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-02-02 Zhi-zhong Xing , Ye-Ling Zhou

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

Neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is related to many fundamental concepts in nuclear and particle physics beyond the standard model. Currently there are many experiments searching for this weak process. An accurate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 L. S. Song , J. M. Yao , P. Ring , J. Meng

Starting from a manifestly Lorentz-invariant chiral Lagrangian, we present a model-free prediction for the transition amplitude of the process $nn\rightarrow pp e^-e^-$ induced by light Majorana neutrinos, which is a key process of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-21 Y. L. Yang , P. W. Zhao

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

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…

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

Lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) has the promise of constraining low-energy constants (LECs) of nuclear effective field theories (EFTs) from first-principles calculations that incorporate the dynamics of quarks and gluons. Given the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-05-25 Zohreh Davoudi , Saurabh V. Kadam

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

The potential importance of short-distance nuclear effects in double-$\beta$ decay is assessed using a lattice QCD calculation of the $nn\rightarrow pp$ transition and effective field theory methods. At the unphysical quark masses used in…

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 revisit the mechanism of neutrinoless double beta (NLDBD) decay mediated by the exchange with the heavy Majorana neutrino N of arbitrary mass mN, slightly mixed with the electron neutrino. By assuming the dominance of this mechanism, we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-26 Amand Faessler , Marcela Gonzalez , Sergey Kovalenko , Fedor Simkovic

The neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of nuclei is one of the major research subjects of neutrino physics nowadays because of its influence on particle physics and astrophysics. The predicted nuclear matrix elements…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-23 J. Terasaki , O. Civitarese

A microscopic state-of-the-art calculation of the nuclear matrix element for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{150}$Nd with an account for nuclear deformation is performed. The proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-28 Dong-Liang Fang , Amand Faessler , Vadim Rodin , Fedor Simkovic

Study of the neutrinoless $\beta\beta$ decay allows us to put a stringent limit on the effective neutrino Majorana mass, a quantity of fundamental importance. To test our ability to evaluate the nuclear matrix elements that govern the decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Petr Vogel

Nuclear matrix elements (NME) are a crucial input for the interpretation of neutrinoless double beta decay data. We consider a representative set of recent NME calculations from different methods and investigate the impact on the present…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-07-05 Federica Pompa , Thomas Schwetz , Jing-Yu Zhu

The decay rate of neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay contains terms from heavy particle exchange, which lead to dimension-9 (d=9) six fermion operators at low energies. Limits on the coefficients of these operators have been…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-23 M. González , M. Hirsch , S. G. Kovalenko

The extension of Majorana neutrino mass mechanism of the neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) with the inclusion of right-handed leptonic and hadronic currents is revisited. While only the exchange of light neutrinos is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-11-11 Dusan Stefanik , Rastislav Dvornicky , Fedor Simkovic , Petr Vogel