What neutrinoless double beta decay would tell us about neutrino mass

Conference · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:5473117

Kayser, B ^[1]

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1. Division of Physics, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC 20550 (United States)

We identify several types of gauge theories, which together comprise a very broad range, in which the observation of neutrinoless double beta decay would imply a significant lower bound on neutrino mass. We explain why these gauge theories have this property.

• OSTI ID: 5473117
• Report Number(s): CONF-920837-; CODEN: APCPCS
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 272:1; Conference: ICHEP-26: 26th International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) conference on high energy physics, Dallas, TX (United States), 6-12 Aug 1992; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EIGENSTATES
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GERMANIUM 76
LEPTON NUMBER
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ISOTOPES
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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