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Title: Processes that break baryon number by two units and the Majorana nature of the neutrino

Abstract

We employ the simplest possible models of scalar-fermion interactions that are consistent with the gauge symmetries of the Standard Model and permit no proton decay to analyze the connections possible among processes that break baryon number by two units. In this context we show how the observation of n- n ¯ oscillations and of a pattern of particular nucleon–antinucleon conversion processes — all accessible through e-d scattering — namely, selecting from e - p e + p ¯ , e - p n ¯ ν ¯ , e - n p ¯ ν ¯ , and e - n e - n ¯ would reveal that the decay π - π - e - e - must occur also. This latter process is the leading contribution to neutrinoless double beta decay in nuclei mediated by new short-distance physics, in contrast to that mediated by light Majorana neutrino exchange. The inferred existence of π - π - e - e - would also reveal the Majorana nature of the neutrino, though the absence of this inference would not preclude it.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
OSTI Identifier:
1610316
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-96ER40989
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics Letters. B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 790; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics; Baryon and lepton number violation; Majorana dynamics; Minimal extensions of the electroweak gauge sector; Photon and charged-lepton interactions with hadrons

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Gardner, Susan, and Yan, Xinshuai. Processes that break baryon number by two units and the Majorana nature of the neutrino. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.054.
Gardner, Susan, & Yan, Xinshuai. Processes that break baryon number by two units and the Majorana nature of the neutrino. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.054
Gardner, Susan, and Yan, Xinshuai. Thu . "Processes that break baryon number by two units and the Majorana nature of the neutrino". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.054. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1610316.
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abstractNote = {We employ the simplest possible models of scalar-fermion interactions that are consistent with the gauge symmetries of the Standard Model and permit no proton decay to analyze the connections possible among processes that break baryon number by two units. In this context we show how the observation of n-n¯ oscillations and of a pattern of particular nucleon–antinucleon conversion processes — all accessible through e-d scattering — namely, selecting from e-p→e+p¯, e-p→n¯ν¯, e-n→p¯ν¯, and e-n→e-n¯ would reveal that the decay π-π-→e-e- must occur also. This latter process is the leading contribution to neutrinoless double beta decay in nuclei mediated by new short-distance physics, in contrast to that mediated by light Majorana neutrino exchange. The inferred existence of π-π-→e-e- would also reveal the Majorana nature of the neutrino, though the absence of this inference would not preclude it.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.054},
journal = {Physics Letters. B},
number = C,
volume = 790,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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