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Double-beta decay: Present status

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The present status of double-beta-decay experiments (including the search for 2β +, ECβ +, 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 〈m ν 〉 < 0.75 eV and 〈g ee 〉 < 1.9 × 10−4, respectively. Proposals for future double-betadecay experiments with a sensitivity for the 〈m ν 〉 at the level of 0.01–0.1 eV are considered.

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Barabash, A.S. Double-beta decay: Present status. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 73, 162–178 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778810010187

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