Probing lepton number violation on three frontiers
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London (United Kingdom)
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.
- OSTI ID:
- 22262669
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1572, 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); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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