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Title: Probing lepton number violation on three frontiers

Abstract

Neutrinoless double beta decay constitutes the main probe for lepton number violation at low energies, motivated by the expected Majorana nature of the light but massive neutrinos. On the other hand, the theoretical interpretation of the (non-)observation of this process is not straightforward as the Majorana neutrinos can destructively interfere in their contribution and many other New Physics mechanisms can additionally mediate the process. We here highlight the potential of combining neutrinoless double beta decay with searches for Tritium decay, cosmological observations and LHC physics to improve the quantitative insight into the neutrino properties and to unravel potential sources of lepton number violation.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22262669
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1572; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: MEDEX '13: Workshop on calculation of double-beta-decay materx elements, Prague (Czech Republic), 11-14 Jun 2013; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; LEPTON NUMBER; NEUTRINOS; TRITIUM

Citation Formats

Deppisch, Frank F. Probing lepton number violation on three frontiers. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4856543.
Deppisch, Frank F. Probing lepton number violation on three frontiers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4856543
Deppisch, Frank F. 2013. "Probing lepton number violation on three frontiers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4856543.
@article{osti_22262669,
title = {Probing lepton number violation on three frontiers},
author = {Deppisch, Frank F.},
abstractNote = {Neutrinoless double beta decay constitutes the main probe for lepton number violation at low energies, motivated by the expected Majorana nature of the light but massive neutrinos. On the other hand, the theoretical interpretation of the (non-)observation of this process is not straightforward as the Majorana neutrinos can destructively interfere in their contribution and many other New Physics mechanisms can additionally mediate the process. We here highlight the potential of combining neutrinoless double beta decay with searches for Tritium decay, cosmological observations and LHC physics to improve the quantitative insight into the neutrino properties and to unravel potential sources of lepton number violation.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4856543},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22262669}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1572,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}