Neutrinoless double-beta decay: status and prospects

MJ Dolinski, AWP Poon… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a forbidden, lepton-number-violating nuclear transition
whose observation would have fundamental implications for neutrino physics, theories …

Neutrinoless double beta decay: 2015 review

S Dell'Oro, S Marcocci, M Viel… - Advances in High Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of neutrino masses through the observation of oscillations boosted the
importance of neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ). In this paper, we review the main …

Towards precise and accurate calculations of neutrinoless double-beta decay

V Cirigliano, Z Davoudi, J Engel… - Journal of Physics G …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of a National Science Foundation Project Scoping Workshop, the
purpose of which was to assess the current status of calculations for the nuclear matrix …

Can heavy neutrinos dominate neutrinoless double beta decay?

J Lopez-Pavon, S Pascoli, C Wong - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields …, 2013 - APS
We study whether a dominant contribution to neutrinoless double beta decay coming from
extra heavy degrees of freedom, introduced to generate the light neutrino masses, can …

Neutrinoless double-beta decay: a roadmap for matching theory to experiment

V Cirigliano, Z Davoudi, W Dekens, J de Vries… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
The observation of neutrino oscillations and hence non-zero neutrino masses provided a
milestone in the search for physics beyond the Standard Model. But even though we now …

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay

JJ Gomez-Cadenas, J Martin-Albo, M Mezzetto… - La Rivista del Nuovo …, 2012 - Springer
In the last two decades the search for neutrinoless double beta decay has evolved into one
of the highest priorities for understanding neutrinos and the origin of mass. The main reason …

Double-beta decay

SR Elliott, J Engel - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
We review recent developments in double-beta decay, focusing on what can be learned
about the three light neutrinos in future experiments. We examine the effects of uncertainties …

Double beta decay, Majorana neutrinos, and neutrino mass

FT Avignone III, SR Elliott, J Engel - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2008 - APS
The theoretical and experimental issues relevant to neutrinoless double beta decay are
reviewed. The impact that a direct observation of this exotic process would have on …

Neutrinoless double-beta decay and physics beyond the standard model

FF Deppisch, M Hirsch, H Päs - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Neutrinoless double-beta decay is the most powerful tool to probe not only for Majorana
neutrino masses but for lepton number violating physics in general. We discuss relations …

Pinning Down the Mechanism of Neutrinoless Double Decay <?format ?>with Measurements in Different Nuclei

F Deppisch, H Päs - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
A measurement of neutrinoless double beta decay in one isotope does not allow us to
determine the underlying physics mechanism. We discuss the discrimination of mechanisms …