Bound on the Mass of Majorana Neutrinos after SNO and KamLAND
Description
Presently the best terrestrial limit on light neutrino masses (m<2.2 eV) are given by the tritium beta decay experiments. Not maximal mixing of solar neutrinos following from the SNO and KamLAND together with neutrinoless double beta decay ((ββ)0ν ) data open the chance for better determination of the lightest of Majorana neutrino mass. We combine all available fits for the solar neutrino parameters and collect all Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) calculations for the 76Ge, nucleus for which presently the most stringent limit on the (ββ)0ν decay half-life time exist. We have shown that for some NME smaller bound on (mν)min can be found. Unfortunately one order of magnitude discrepancies in NME calculations do not allow to give the final answer. (author)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- PACS numbers: 14.60.Pq, 26.65.+t, 95.85.Ry
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Acta Physica Polonica. Series B
- Journal Volume
- B35
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 639-646
- ISSN
- 0587-4254
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Poland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Poland
- INIS RN
- 35084148
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BETA DECAY; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; GERMANIUM 76; MASS; MATRIX ELEMENTS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINOS; SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY; TRITIUM; WEINBERG ANGLE
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FERMIONS; GERMANIUM ISOTOPES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LEPTONS; LIGHT NUCLEI; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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- Notes
- 41 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.