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We perform a statistical analysis with the prospective results of future experiments on neutrino-less double beta decay, direct searches for neutrino mass (KATRIN) and cosmological observations. Realistic errors are used and the nuclear…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-07-24 Werner Maneschg , Alexander Merle , Werner Rodejohann

The neutrinoless double beta decay is a pivotal weak nuclear process that holds the potential to unveil the Majorana nature of neutrinos and predict their absolute masses. In this study, we delve into examining the impact of spin-dependent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-02-05 S. Sarkar , Y. Iwata

There is a common belief that the main uncertainties in the theoretical analysis of neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay originate from the nuclear matrix elements. Here, we uncover another previously overlooked source of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-06-27 Marcela González , Martin Hirsch , Sergey Kovalenko

At least one neutrino has a mass of about 50 meV or larger. However, the absolute mass scale for the neutrino remains unknown. Furthermore, the critical question: Is the neutrino its own antiparticle? is unanswered. Studies of double beta…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-04-20 Steven R. Elliott

It is well known that there exist many mechanisms that may contribute to neutrinoless double beta decay (0nbb-decay). By exploiting the fact that the associated nuclear matrix elements are target dependent we show that, given definite…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-01-20 Fedor Simkovic , John Vergados , Amand Faessler

We show that, in the framework of a general model with mixing of three Majorana neutrinos and a neutrino mass hierarchy, the results of the Bugey and Krasnoyarsk reactor neutrino oscillation experiments imply strong limitations for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Bilenky , C. Giunti , M. Monteno

A complete calculation of the nuclear matrix elements (NME) for Majoron emitting neutrinoless double beta decay within the framework of IBM-2 for spectral indices $n=1,3,7$ is presented. By combining the results of this calculation with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-07 Jenni Kotila , Francesco Iachello

Most uncertainties regarding the theoretical study of the neutrinoless double-beta decay are related to the accuracy of the nuclear matrix elements that appear in the expressions of the lifetimes. We calculate the nuclear matrix elements…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 Andrei Neacsu , Mihai Horoi

The influence of nucleon-nucleon short-ranged correlations (SRC) on nuclear super-allowed $\beta$ decay is examined. The need for this is driven by the observed depletion of spectroscopic strength obtained in studies of $(e,e')$ and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-21 Levi Condren , Gerald A. Miller

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

As shown in Ref.\cite{Rod09}, the Fermi nuclear matrix element $M^{0\nu}_F$ of neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay can be reconstructed if one is able to measure the isospin-forbidden single Fermi transition matrix element…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-03-28 Vadim Rodin , Amand Faessler

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay is a rich source for new physics. The observation of this decay will lead to understanding of the absolute mass scale of neutrinos, the Majorana nature of the neutrino (whether the neutrino is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-05-16 Lisa J. Kaufman

In the framework of the see-saw mechanism the normal hierarchy is favorable for the neutrino mass spectrum. For this spectrum we present a detailed calculation of the half-lives of neutrinoless double beta decay for several nuclei of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 S. M. Bilenky , A. Faessler , T. Gutsche , F. Simkovic

Neutrinoless double beta decay is a very important process both from the particle and nuclear physics point of view. From the elementary particle point of view it pops up in almost every model. giving rise, among others, to the following…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. D. Vergados

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

Nuclear weak decays provide important probes to fundamental symmetries in nature. A precise description of these processes in atomic nuclei requires comprehensive knowledge on both the strong and weak interactions in the nuclear medium and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-06-16 J. M. Yao , J. Meng , Y. F. Niu , P. Ring

We show that, within the Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (QRPA) and the renormalized QRPA (RQRPA) based on the Bonn CD nucleon-nucleon interaction, the competition between the pairing and the neutron-proton particle-particle and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Fedor Simkovic , Amand Faessler , Vadim Rodin , Petr Vogel , Jonathan Engel

Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a unique process that could reveal physics beyond the Standard Model. Essential ingredients in the analysis of neutrinoless double-beta rates are the associated nuclear matrix elements. Most of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-12-17 R. A. Sen'kov , M. Horoi

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