Light-Neutrino Exchange and Long-Distance Contributions to Decays: An Exploratory Study on
Abstract
In this article we present an exploratory lattice QCD calculation of the neutrinoless double beta decay $$\pi\pi\to ee$$. Under the mechanism of light-neutrino exchange, the decay amplitude involves significant long-distance contributions. The calculation reported here, with pion masses $$m_\pi=420$$ and 140 MeV, demonstrates that the decay amplitude can be computed from first principles using lattice methods. At unphysical and physical pion masses, we obtain that amplitudes are $$24\%$$ and $$9\%$$ smaller than the predication from leading order chiral perturbation theory. Our findings provide the lattice QCD inputs and constraints for effective field theory. A follow-on calculation with fully controlled systematic errors will be possible with adequate computational resources.
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- Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
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- 1490910
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- OSTI ID: 1596012
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- AC02-06CH11357; SC0010339
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- Physical Review Letters
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- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 122 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
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- American Physical Society (APS)
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- United States
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- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Feng, Xu, Jin, Lu-Chang, Tuo, Xin-Yu, and Xia, Shi-Cheng. Light-Neutrino Exchange and Long-Distance Contributions to 0 ν 2 β Decays: An Exploratory Study on π π → e e. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.022001.
Feng, Xu, Jin, Lu-Chang, Tuo, Xin-Yu, & Xia, Shi-Cheng. Light-Neutrino Exchange and Long-Distance Contributions to 0 ν 2 β Decays: An Exploratory Study on π π → e e. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.022001
Feng, Xu, Jin, Lu-Chang, Tuo, Xin-Yu, and Xia, Shi-Cheng. Tue .
"Light-Neutrino Exchange and Long-Distance Contributions to 0 ν 2 β Decays: An Exploratory Study on π π → e e". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.022001.
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title = {Light-Neutrino Exchange and Long-Distance Contributions to 0 ν 2 β Decays: An Exploratory Study on π π → e e},
author = {Feng, Xu and Jin, Lu-Chang and Tuo, Xin-Yu and Xia, Shi-Cheng},
abstractNote = {In this article we present an exploratory lattice QCD calculation of the neutrinoless double beta decay $\pi\pi\to ee$. Under the mechanism of light-neutrino exchange, the decay amplitude involves significant long-distance contributions. The calculation reported here, with pion masses $m_\pi=420$ and 140 MeV, demonstrates that the decay amplitude can be computed from first principles using lattice methods. At unphysical and physical pion masses, we obtain that amplitudes are $24\%$ and $9\%$ smaller than the predication from leading order chiral perturbation theory. Our findings provide the lattice QCD inputs and constraints for effective field theory. A follow-on calculation with fully controlled systematic errors will be possible with adequate computational resources.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.022001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 2,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2019}
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.022001
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