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We study the effective operators of the standard model fields which would yield an observable rate of neutrinoless double beta decay. We particularly focus on the possibility that neutrinoless double beta decay is dominantly induced by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Kiwoon Choi , Kwang Sik Jeong , Wan Young Song

We investigate neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay rates in minimal left-right symmetric models in presence of relatively light right-handed neutrinos. By use of an effective field theory approach, we systematically include…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-11-30 Jordy de Vries , Gang Li , Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf , Juan Carlos Vasquez

We consider the neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu \beta \beta$) decay in the so-called $\nu$MSM, in which three right-handed neutrinos with masses below the electroweak scale are additionally introduced to the Standard Model. In this model…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-16 Takehiko Asaka , Shintaro Eijima , Hiroyuki Ishida

We present a master formula describing the neutrinoless-double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) rate induced by lepton-number-violating (LNV) operators up to dimension nine in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory. We provide an end-to-end…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-01-24 V. Cirigliano , W. Dekens , J. de Vries , M. L. Graesser , E. Mereghetti

We discuss a class of left-right symmetric theories with a universal seesaw mechanism for fermion masses and mixing and the implications for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay where neutrino masses are governed by natural…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-02-14 Frank F. Deppisch , Chandan Hati , Sudhanwa Patra , Prativa Pritimita , Utpal Sarkar

Neutrinoless double beta decay violates lepton number by two units, a positive observation therefore necessarily implies physics beyond the standard model. Here, three possible contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay are briefly…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Hirsch

We investigate neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in the minimal extension of the standard model of particle physics, the $\nu$SM, where gauge-singlet right-handed neutrinos give rise to Dirac and Majorana neutrino mass…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-09 Wouter Dekens , Jordy de Vries , Emanuele Mereghetti , Javier Menéndez , Pablo Soriano , Guanghui Zhou

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

We discuss the contributions of lepton-number-violating sources to neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$). Assuming that these sources arise at scales well above the electroweak scale, they can be described within an effective…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-06-13 W. Dekens

We show that in minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) with R-parity breaking as well as in the left-right symmetric model, there are new observable contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay arising from hitherto overlooked…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-05-12 K. S. Babu , R. N. Mohapatra

We calculate the complete differential decay distributions for the $B$ meson decays, $\bar B \to D^{(*)} \ell \bar{X}$, to a massive right-handed (RH) neutrino in the low-energy effective field theory (LEFT) framework. We find that a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-17 Alakabha Datta , Hongkai Liu , Danny Marfatia

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

We discuss some phenomenological issues of the effective quark-lepton operators emerging from the bilinear lepton-Higgs couplings in the superpotential and in the soft supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking sector of the supersymmetric models…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 Amand Faessler , Sergey Kovalenko , Fedor Simkovic

The connection between the neutrinoless double beta ((\beta\beta)_{0 \nu}-) decay effective Majorana mass, |M_{ee}|, and the branching ratios of the decays H^{\pm\pm}\to l^\pm {l'}^\pm, l,{l'}= e,\mu, of the doubly charged Higgs boson…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-02 S. T. Petcov , H. Sugiyama , Y. Takanishi

Neutrinoless double beta ($\znbb$) decay violates lepton number; its absence stringently constrains the parameters of theories beyond the standard model in which the neutrino has a Majorana mass. R-parity violating weak-scale supersymmetry…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Hirsch

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

We examine the pion realization of the short ranged supersymmetric (SUSY) mechanism of neutrinoless double beta decay. It originates from the R-parity violating quark-lepton interactions of the SUSY extensions of the standard model of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Amand Faessler , Sergey Kovalenko , Fedor Simkovic

We consider the seesaw model with two right-handed neutrinos $N_1$ and $N_2$ which masses are hierarchical, and investigate their contribution to the neutrinoless double beta ($0 \nu \beta \beta$) decay. Although the lepton number is broken…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-06-23 Takehiko Asaka , Hiroyuki Ishida , Kazuki Tanaka

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

Neutrinoless double-beta decay is proposed as an important low energy phenomenon that could test beyond the Standard Model physics. There are several potentially competing beyond the Standard Model mechanisms that can induce the process. It…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-12-09 Fahim Ahmed , Andrei Neacsu , Mihai Horoi