Double beta decay, Majorana neutrinos, and neutrino mass Export

@article{citeulike:2874851, abstract = {The theoretical and experimental issues relevant to neutrinoless double beta decay are reviewed. The impact that a direct observation of this exotic process would have on elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and cosmology is profound. Now that neutrinos are known to have mass and experiments are becoming more sensitive, even the nonobservation of neutrinoless double beta decay will be useful. If the process is actually observed, we will immediately learn much about the neutrino. The status and discovery potential of proposed experiments are reviewed in this context, with significant emphasis on proposals favored by recent panel reviews. The importance of and challenges in the calculation of nuclear matrix elements that govern the decay are considered in detail. The increasing sensitivity of experiments and improvements in nuclear theory make the future exciting for this field at the interface of nuclear and particle physics.}, author = {Avignone, Frank T. and Elliott, Steven R. and Engel, Jonathan}, citeulike-article-id = {2874851}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=RMPHAT000080000002000481000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v80/p481}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.80.481}, doi = {10.1103/RevModPhys.80.481}, journal = {Reviews of Modern Physics}, keywords = {bb0nu}, number = {2}, posted-at = {2009-01-23 15:04:39}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Double beta decay, Majorana neutrinos, and neutrino mass}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.80.481}, volume = {80}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2874851 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2874851 N2 - The theoretical and experimental issues relevant to neutrinoless double beta decay are reviewed. The impact that a direct observation of this exotic process would have on elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and cosmology is profound. Now that neutrinos are known to have mass and experiments are becoming more sensitive, even the nonobservation of neutrinoless double beta decay will be useful. If the process is actually observed, we will immediately learn much about the neutrino. The status and discovery potential of proposed experiments are reviewed in this context, with significant emphasis on proposals favored by recent panel reviews. The importance of and challenges in the calculation of nuclear matrix elements that govern the decay are considered in detail. The increasing sensitivity of experiments and improvements in nuclear theory make the future exciting for this field at the interface of nuclear and particle physics. IS - 2 JF - Reviews of Modern Physics TI - Double beta decay, Majorana neutrinos, and neutrino mass PB - APS VL - 80 KW - bb0nu AU - Avignone, Frank AU - Elliott, Steven AU - Engel, Jonathan PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.80.481 ER -