Naturally light Majorana neutrinos with no neutrinoless double-. beta. decay

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.41.1591· OSTI ID:7134482

Choudhury, D; Sarkar, U ^[1]

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1. Theory Group, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380009, India (IN)

It is argued that neutrinoless double-{beta} decay (({beta}{beta}){sub 0{nu}}) does not depend on the physical Dirac or Majorana mass of the electron neutrino. A new scenario is proposed where the physical neutrino can naturally be a light Majorana particle, without any ({beta}{beta}){sub 0{nu}}. Supersymmetric grand unified theories are constructed incorporating this scenario.

• OSTI ID: 7134482
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 41:5; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BETA DECAY
BETA-MINUS DECAY
DECAY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DIRAC EQUATION
DOUBLE BETA DECAY
EIGENVALUES
ELECTRON NEUTRINOS
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MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR DECAY
NUCLEI
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
WAVE EQUATIONS