Neutrinoless Double beta Decay in SU(2) x U(1) Theories

Dec, 1981

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Abstract: (APS)
It is shown that gauge theories give contributions to neutrinoless double-β decay [(ββ)0ν] which are not covered by the standard parametrizations. While probably small, their existence raises the question of whether the observation of (ββ)0ν implies the existence of a Majorana mass term for the neutrino. For a "natural" gauge theory we argue that this is indeed the case.
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: SU(2) X U(1)
  • SEMILEPTONIC DECAY: MULTIPLE
  • MULTIPLE: SEMILEPTONIC DECAY
  • NEUTRINO: MAJORANA
  • MODEL: HIGGS