Neutrinoless double- decay in the neutrino-extended standard model
Abstract
We investigate neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) in the minimal extension of the standard model of particle physics, the νSM, where gauge-singlet right-handed neutrinos give rise to Dirac and Majorana neutrino mass terms. We focus on the associated sterile neutrinos and argue that the usual evaluation of their contributions to 0νββ, based on mass-dependent nuclear matrix elements, is missing important contributions from neutrinos with ultrasoft and hard momenta. We identify the hadronic and nuclear matrix elements that enter the new contributions and calculate all relevant nuclear matrix elements for 136Xe using the nuclear shell model. Finally, we illustrate the impact on 0νββ rates in specific neutrino mass models and show that the new contributions significantly alter the 0νββ rate in most parts of the νSM parameter space.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2008142
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 2229369; OSTI ID: 2337656
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-23-22287
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; PRVCAN; 045501
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-00ER41132; 89233218CNA000001; 20230047DR
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Volume: 108 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Extensions of fermion sector; Neutrinoless double beta decay; Neutrinos; 90 ≤ A ≤ 149
Citation Formats
Dekens, Wouter, de Vries, Jordy, Mereghetti, Emanuele, Menéndez, Javier, Soriano, Pablo, and Zhou, Guanghui. Neutrinoless double- β decay in the neutrino-extended standard model. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.108.045501.
Dekens, Wouter, de Vries, Jordy, Mereghetti, Emanuele, Menéndez, Javier, Soriano, Pablo, & Zhou, Guanghui. Neutrinoless double- β decay in the neutrino-extended standard model. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.108.045501
Dekens, Wouter, de Vries, Jordy, Mereghetti, Emanuele, Menéndez, Javier, Soriano, Pablo, and Zhou, Guanghui. Mon .
"Neutrinoless double- β decay in the neutrino-extended standard model". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.108.045501.
@article{osti_2008142,
title = {Neutrinoless double- β decay in the neutrino-extended standard model},
author = {Dekens, Wouter and de Vries, Jordy and Mereghetti, Emanuele and Menéndez, Javier and Soriano, Pablo and Zhou, Guanghui},
abstractNote = {We investigate neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) in the minimal extension of the standard model of particle physics, the νSM, where gauge-singlet right-handed neutrinos give rise to Dirac and Majorana neutrino mass terms. We focus on the associated sterile neutrinos and argue that the usual evaluation of their contributions to 0νββ, based on mass-dependent nuclear matrix elements, is missing important contributions from neutrinos with ultrasoft and hard momenta. We identify the hadronic and nuclear matrix elements that enter the new contributions and calculate all relevant nuclear matrix elements for 136Xe using the nuclear shell model. Finally, we illustrate the impact on 0νββ rates in specific neutrino mass models and show that the new contributions significantly alter the 0νββ rate in most parts of the νSM parameter space.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.108.045501},
journal = {Physical Review. C},
number = 4,
volume = 108,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}
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