Phys. Rev. D 13, 2567 (1976) - Double-beta decay and a massive Majorana neutrino

Double-beta decay and a massive Majorana neutrino

A. Halprin, P. Minkowski, H. Primakoff, and S. P. Rosen

Phys. Rev. D 13, 2567 – Published 1 May 1976

Abstract

We consider the possibility that nuclear no-neutrino double-beta decay is mediated by a universally coupled heavy Majorana electron neutrino. From the known rates of nuclear double-beta decays we conclude that the mass of this neutrino must be at least $10^{4}$ GeV.

Received 16 December 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.13.2567

©1976 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Department of Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711

Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109

Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

^*Present address: High Energy Physics Program, U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, D. C 20545.

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Vol. 13, Iss. 9 — 1 May 1976

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