Shell Model Studies of Competing Mechanisms to the Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in 124Sn, 130Te, and 136Xe

Neacsu, Andrei; Horoi, Mihai

doi:10.1155/2016/1903767

Title: Shell Model Studies of Competing Mechanisms to the Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in ¹²⁴Sn, ¹³⁰Te, and ¹³⁶Xe

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Advances in High Energy Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1903767· OSTI ID:1437986

^[1]; Horoi, Mihai ^[1]

Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States)

Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a predicted beyond Standard Model process that could clarify some of the not yet known neutrino properties, such as the mass scale, the mass hierarchy, and its nature as a Dirac or Majorana fermion. Should this transition be observed, there are still challenges in understanding the underlying contributing mechanisms. We perform a detailed shell model investigation of several beyond Standard Model mechanisms that consider the existence of right-handed currents. Our analysis presents different venues that can be used to identify the dominant mechanisms for nuclei of experimental interest in the mass $A ~ 130$ region (¹²⁴Sn,¹³⁰Te, and¹³⁶Xe). In conclusion, it requires accurate knowledge of nine nuclear matrix elements that we calculate in addition to the associated energy-dependent phase space factors.

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Research Organization:: Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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Journal Information:: Advances in High Energy Physics, Vol. 2016; ISSN 1687-7357

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