Published November 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Unparticle effects on neutrinoless and neutrino double beta decay

  • 1. Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Hunan 410073 (China)

Description

The neutrinoless and neutrinos double beta decays are investigated in an effective theory where a scalar unparticle is introduced. We calculate the contributions of a virtual unparticle to the rates of 0ν2β and 2ν2β decays. The unparticle effect is negligibly small when the scaling dimension d of unparticle lies in the region 1.1-1.9. But it can be relatively large when d approaches to 1 or 2. We also study the neutrinoless double beta decay with a real unparticle in the final state which cannot be distinguished from 2ν2β decay in experiment. We consider the unparticle effect on extracting the neutrino mass parameter mββ from experimental data and find that it can be relatively large when d takes certain values.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 096006-096006.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41005244
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; FIELD THEORIES; MASS; NEUTRINOS; SCALING
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEAR DECAY; SIMULATION

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