Empirical inference on the Majorana mass of the ordinary neutrinos
Abstract
There is a broad theoretical consensus on the idea that ordinary neutrinos have a Majorana mass, but we have no clear prediction about its value, and direct experimental measurements of this quantity are rather challenging. In this work, we argue that the current cosmological measurements allow us to obtain precise information on the effective Majorana mass, i.e., the electronic-type mass of ordinary neutrinos. We show that the numerical results that we obtain can be accurately reproduced, and hence tested, by a straightforward analytical procedure. We then discuss the stability of the assumptions at the basis of our analysis and the implications of our findings for neutrinoless double beta decay.
- Authors:
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[1];
[3]
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States). Center for Neutrino Physics
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), L'Aquila (Italy). Gran Sasso National Lab. (INFN-LNGS); Gran Sasso Science Inst., L'Aquila (Italy); Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP), Sao Paulo (Brazil). Inst. for Advanced Studies (IdEA)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1592160
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1909.05381; FERMILAB-PUB-19-659-ND
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; oai:inspirehep.net:1753747; TRN: US2101824
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Dell’Oro, Stefano, Marcocci, Simone, and Vissani, Francesco. Empirical inference on the Majorana mass of the ordinary neutrinos. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073003.
Dell’Oro, Stefano, Marcocci, Simone, & Vissani, Francesco. Empirical inference on the Majorana mass of the ordinary neutrinos. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073003
Dell’Oro, Stefano, Marcocci, Simone, and Vissani, Francesco. Tue .
"Empirical inference on the Majorana mass of the ordinary neutrinos". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1592160.
@article{osti_1592160,
title = {Empirical inference on the Majorana mass of the ordinary neutrinos},
author = {Dell’Oro, Stefano and Marcocci, Simone and Vissani, Francesco},
abstractNote = {There is a broad theoretical consensus on the idea that ordinary neutrinos have a Majorana mass, but we have no clear prediction about its value, and direct experimental measurements of this quantity are rather challenging. In this work, we argue that the current cosmological measurements allow us to obtain precise information on the effective Majorana mass, i.e., the electronic-type mass of ordinary neutrinos. We show that the numerical results that we obtain can be accurately reproduced, and hence tested, by a straightforward analytical procedure. We then discuss the stability of the assumptions at the basis of our analysis and the implications of our findings for neutrinoless double beta decay.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.100.073003},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 7,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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