Double beta decay: yesterday, today, tomorrow

Journal Article · Fri Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3671035· OSTI ID:22003976

Fiorini, Ettore ^[1]

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1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell' Universita' di Milano-Bicocca, INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano (Italy)

After a brief introduction on the main features of Double Beta Decay (DBD) and on its origin, its importance is stressed in view of the recent results of experiments on neutrino oscillations. The present experimental situation is reported with special reference to direct experiments and to the comparison of their results with theory. The expectations of the future experiments aiming to reach the sensitivity indicated by neutrino oscillations in the inverse hierarchy hypothesis are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 22003976
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1417, Issue 1; Conference: MEDEX '11: Workshop on calculation of double-beta-decay matrix elements, Prague (Czech Republic), 13-16 Jun 2011; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
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