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Abstract: (arXiv)
The present status of double beta decay experiments (including the search for 2β+2\beta^{+}, ECβ+\beta^{+} and ECEC processes) are reviewed. The results of the most sensitive experiments are discussed. Average and recommended half-life values for two-neutrino double beta decay are presented. Conservative upper limits on effective Majorana neutrino mass and the coupling constant of the Majoron to the neutrino are established as <mν><0.75<m_{\nu} > < 0.75 eV and <gee><1.9104<g_{ee} > < 1.9 \cdot 10^{-4}, respectively. Proposals for future double beta decay experiments with a sensitivity for the <mν><m_{\nu}> at the level of (0.01-0.1) eV are considered.
Note:
  • 33 pages included 7 figures and 14 tables/ an extended version of the invited talk at 13th Lomonosov Conference of Elementary Particle Physics, 23-29 August, 2007, Moscow, Russia
  • review
  • double-beta decay: (0neutrino)
  • double-beta decay: (2neutrino)
  • lepton number: violation
  • Majoron: emission
  • neutrino: mass
  • nuclide: energy levels
  • nuclide: lifetime
  • lower limit
  • electron: capture