Neutrinoless double-beta decay
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Neutrinoless double-beta decay
zbMATH Open document ID: 1263.81300
DOI: 10.1155/2012/857016
author: Andrea Giuliani
author: Alfredo Poves
published in: Advances in High Energy Physics
publication date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: This paper introduces the neutrinoless double-beta decay (the rarest nuclear weak process) and describes the status of the research for this transition, both from the point of view of theoretical nuclear physics and in terms of the present and future experimental scenarios. Implications of this phenomenon on crucial aspects of particle physics are briefly discussed. The calculations of the nuclear matrix elements in case of mass mechanisms are reviewed, and a range for these quantities is proposed for the most appealing candidates. After introducing general experimental concepts-such as the choice of the best candidates, the different proposed technological approaches, and the sensitivity-we make the point on the experimental situation. Searches running or in preparation are described, providing an organic presentation which picks up similarities and differences. A critical comparison of the adopted technologies and of their physics reach (in terms of sensitivity to the effective Majorana neutrino mass) is performed. As a conclusion, we try to envisage what we expect round the corner and at a longer time scale.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81V35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81U99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81-02
zbMATH DE Number: 6164480
Wikidata QID: Q21285157
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/857016
OpenAlex ID: W2037296398
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