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We revisit the thermal leptogenesis scenario in the type-I seesaw framework featuring three heavy Majorana neutrinos with a hierarchical mass spectrum. We focus on low energy observables, specifically the lightest neutrino mass…

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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

The search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is the best way to test lepton number violation and Majorana nature of neutrinos. One of the most promising techniques to discover $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay is by operating…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-17 V. D'Andrea

We present an ab initio study of the correlation between nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay and nucleon-nucleon scattering phase shifts in the $^1S_0$ channel. Starting from thirty-four…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-08-06 A. Belley , J. Pitcher , T. Miyagi , S. R. Stroberg , J. D. Holt

In this study, we calculate the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for the light neutrino-exchange mechanism of neutrinoless double beta $0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{124}$Sn within the framework of the interacting nuclear shell model using the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-05 Shahariar Sarkar , P. K. Rath , V. Nanal , R. G. Pillay , Pushpendra P. Singh , Y. Iwata , K. Jha , P. K. Raina

We revisit the impact of heavy neutrinos with masses in the MeV-GeV range on neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in view of updated results for the lifetime of this process. Working in a minimal realistic extension of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-21 J. de Vries , M. Drewes , Y. Georis , J. Klarić , V. Plakkot

The precision of double-beta ($\beta\beta$) decay experimental half-lives and their uncertainties is reevaluated. A complementary analysis of the decay uncertainties indicates deficiencies due to small size of statistical samples, and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-22 B. Pritychenko

Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches play a major role in determining the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino mass. The Majorana Collaboration proposes to assemble an…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 V. E. Guiseppe

We calculate the nuclear matrix elements of the neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decays of $^{76}$Ge and $^{82}$Se for the light-neutrino exchange mechanism. The nuclear wave functions are obtained by using realistic two-body…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Markus Kortelainen , Jouni Suhonen

We study neutrinoless double beta decay of several isotopes with state-of-the-art beyond self-consistent mean field methods to compute the nuclear matrix elements (NME). Generating coordinate method with particle number and angular momentum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-17 Tomas R. Rodriguez , Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo

Reducing uncertainties in the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) remains a critical challenge in designing and interpreting experiments aimed at discovering neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay. Here, we identify a class of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-11 Yi Li , Xin Zhang , Giuliano Giacalone , Jiangming Yao

We investigate the possibility to discriminate between different pairs of CP non-conserving mechanisms inducing the neutrinoless double beta $\betabeta$-decay by using data on $\betabeta$-decay half-lives of nuclei with largely different…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Meroni , S. T. Petcov , F. Simkovic

We discuss a novel effect in neutrinoless double beta (0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta}) decay related with the fact that its underlying mechanisms take place in the nuclear matter environment. We study the neutrino exchange mechanism and demonstrate…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-04-23 S. Kovalenko , M. I. Krivoruchenko , F. Simkovic

Neutrinoless double-beta decay($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is a hypothetical process that violates lepton number, and whose observation would unambiguously indicate that neutrinos are Majorana fermions. In the standard inverted-ordering…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-12-10 I. S. Guinn , J. M. López-Castaño

In the present work, we examine the role of central (C), spin-orbit (SO) and tensor (T) components of two-nucleon interaction in the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) of the two-neutrino double beta decay ($2\nu\beta\beta$) and the light…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-03-12 Shahariar Sarkar , Pawan Kumar , Kanhaiya Jha , P. K. Raina

Double-beta decay matrix elements (ME) for $^{76}Ge$ are calculated with different quasi random phase approximation (QRPA)-based methods. First, the ME for the two-neutrino mode are computed using two choices for the single particle (s.p.)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 S. Stoica , H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus

Many extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics suggest that neutrinos should be Majorana-type fermions, but this assumption is difficult to confirm. Observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu \beta \beta$), a…

The neutrinoless double $\beta$-decay of nuclei is reviewed. We discuss neutrino mixing and 3x3 PMNS neutrino mixing matrix. Basic theory of neutrinoless double $\beta$-decay is presented in some details. Results of different calculations…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-23 S. M. Bilenky

Nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for neutrinoless double beta decays (DBDs) are required for studying neutrino physics beyond the standard model by DBD. The experimental spin-dipole (SD) giant resonance energy and the SD strength are shown…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-02-23 H. Ejiri , L. Jokiniemi , J. Suhonen

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