Double beta decay: A theoretical overview

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7082949

Rosen, S P

This paper reviews the theoretical possibility of double beta decay. The titles of the main sections of this paper are: Nuclear physics setting; Particle physics requirements; Kinematical features of the decay modes; Nuclear matrix elements; the Shell model and two-neutrino decay; Quasi-particle random phase approximation; and Future considerations. 18 refs., 7 tabs. (LSP)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 7082949
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-88-3620; CONF-8806204-6; ON: DE89002291
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13. international conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics, Boston, MA, USA, 5 Jun 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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GROUND STATES
HAMILTONIANS
ISOSPIN
LIFETIME
MAJORANA THEORY
MATRIX ELEMENTS
NEUTRINOS
RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATION
REST MASS
SHELL MODELS
BETA DECAY
BETA-MINUS DECAY
DECAY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY LEVELS
FERMIONS
LEPTONS
MASS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
NUCLEAR DECAY
NUCLEAR MODELS
NUCLEI
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
QUANTUM OPERATORS
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