Discovering the Majorana neutrino: The next generation of experiments

Journal Article · Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915595· OSTI ID:22490669

Winslow, L. A. ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)

The discovery of a Majorana neutrino would be revolutionary with far-reaching consequences in both particle physics and cosmology. The only feasible experiments to determine the Majorana nature of the neutrino are searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay. The next generation of double-beta decay experiments are being prepared. The general goal is to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay throughout the parameter space corresponding to the inverted hierarchy for neutrino mass. There are a several strong proposals for how to achieve this goal. The status of these efforts is reviewed.

• OSTI ID: 22490669
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1666, Issue 1; Conference: Neutrino 2014: 26. international conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics, Boston, MA (United States), 2-7 Jun 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 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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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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DOUBLE BETA DECAY
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
REST MASS
REVIEWS