scholarly journals Lepton textures and neutrino oscillations

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (21) ◽  
pp. 1444009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Verma
Keyword(s):  
Effective Mass ◽  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Oscillation ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
Unitary Transformations

A systematic analysis of the textures arising in lepton mass matrices have been carried out using unitary transformations and condition of naturalness for the Dirac and Majorana neutrino possibilities. It is observed that the recent three neutrino oscillation data together with the effective mass in neutrinoless double beta decay provide vital clues in predicting the general structures of these lepton mass matrices.

scholarly journals Oscillating Neutrinos and Majorana Neutrino Masses

Universe ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Harald Fritzsch
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Quark Masses ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Flavor Mixing

We discuss the mass matrices with texture zeros for the quarks and leptons. The flavor mixing angles for the quarks are functions of the quark masses and can be calculated. The results agree with the experimental data. The texture zero mass matrices for the leptons and the see-saw mechanism are used to derive relations between the matrix elements of the lepton mixing matrix and the ratios of the neutrino masses. Using the measured neutrino mass differences, the neutrino masses can be calculated. The neutrinoless double beta decay is discussed. The effective Majorana neutrino mass, describing the neutrinoless double beta decay, can be calculated—it is about 4.6 meV. The present experimental limit is at least twenty times larger.

scholarly journals EXPERIMENTS FOR NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE-BETA DECAY

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 4097-4111 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVEN R. ELLIOTT
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Oscillation ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Null Results ◽  
Exciting Time ◽  
Majorana Neutrino Mass

The recent neutrino oscillation experimental results indicate that at least one neutrino has a mass greater than 50 meV. The next generation of double-beta decay experiments will very likely have a sensitivity to an effective Majorana neutrino mass below this target. Therefore this is a very exciting time for this field of research as even null results from these experiments have the potential to elucidate the nature of the neutrino.

scholarly journals NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE-BETA DECAY: A BRIEF REVIEW

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (13) ◽  
pp. 1230015 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. BILENKY ◽  
C. GIUNTI
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Oscillation ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Daya Bay ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Majorana Mass

In this brief review we discuss the generation of Majorana neutrino masses through the seesaw mechanism, the theory of neutrinoless double-beta decay, the implications of neutrino oscillation data for the effective Majorana mass, taking into account the recent Daya Bay measurement of ϑ13, and the interpretation of the results of neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments.

scholarly journals Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Giuliani ◽  
Alfredo Poves
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Experimental Situation ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Status ◽  
Majorana Neutrino Mass

This paper introduces the neutrinoless double-beta decay (the rarest nuclear weak process) and describes the status of the research for this transition, both from the point of view of theoretical nuclear physics and in terms of the present and future experimental scenarios. Implications of this phenomenon on crucial aspects of particle physics are briefly discussed. The calculations of the nuclear matrix elements in case of mass mechanisms are reviewed, and a range for these quantities is proposed for the most appealing candidates. After introducing general experimental concepts—such as the choice of the best candidates, the different proposed technological approaches, and the sensitivity—we make the point on the experimental situation. Searches running or in preparation are described, providing an organic presentation which picks up similarities and differences. A critical comparison of the adopted technologies and of their physics reach (in terms of sensitivity to the effective Majorana neutrino mass) is performed. As a conclusion, we try to envisage what we expect round the corner and at a longer time scale.

scholarly journals Lepton Mixing Patterns from PSL2(7) with a Generalized CP Symmetry

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Shu-Jun Rong
Keyword(s):  
Effective Mass ◽  
Beta Decay ◽  
Charged Lepton ◽  
Modular Group ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Global Fit ◽  
Mixing Patterns ◽  
Cp Symmetry

Lepton mixing patterns from the modular group PSL2(7) with generalized CP symmetries are studied. The residual symmetries in both charged lepton and neutrino sectors are Z2×CP. Seven types of mixing patterns at the 3σ level of the new global fit data are obtained. Among these patterns, three types of patterns can give the Dirac CP phase which is in the 1σ range of the global fit data. The effective mass of neutrinoless double-beta decay for these patterns is also examined.

scholarly journals CONSTRAINTS ON TeV SCALE MAJORANA NEUTRINO PHENOMENOLOGY FROM THE VACUUM STABILITY OF THE HIGGS

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1350032 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOYDEEP CHAKRABORTTY ◽  
MOUMITA DAS ◽  
SUBHENDRA MOHANTY
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Stability Condition ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Majorana Neutrino ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Heavy Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Mixing ◽  
Vacuum Stability

The vacuum stability condition of the Standard Model (SM) Higgs potential with mass in the range of 124–127 GeV puts an upper bound on the Dirac mass of the neutrinos. We study this constraint with the right-handed neutrino masses up to TeV scale. The heavy neutrinos contribute to ΔL = 2 processes like neutrinoless double beta decay and same-sign-dilepton (SSD) production in the colliders. The vacuum stability criterion also restricts the light-heavy neutrino mixing and constrains the branching ratio (BR) of lepton flavor-violating process, like μ→eγ mediated by the heavy neutrinos. We show that neutrinoless double beta decay with a lifetime ~1025 years can be observed if the lightest heavy neutrino mass is <4.5 TeV. We show that the vacuum stability condition and the experimental bound on μ→e γ together put a constrain on heavy neutrino mass MR>3.3 TeV. Finally we show that the observation of SSDs associated with jets at the LHC needs much larger luminosity than available at present. We have estimated the possible maximum cross-section for this process at the LHC and show that with an integrated luminosity 100 fb-1 it may be possible to observe the SSD signals as long as MR < 400 GeV.

scholarly journals IMPLICATIONS OF OBSERVED NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE BETA DECAY

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (38) ◽  
pp. 2469-2482 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. V. KLAPDOR-KLEINGROTHAUS ◽  
U. SARKAR
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Neutrino Mass ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Solar Neutrinos ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Atmospheric Neutrinos ◽  
Natural Choice ◽  
Mass Matrices ◽  
Majorana Neutrinos

Recently a positive indication of the neutrinoless double beta decay has been announced. We study the implications of this result taking into consideration earlier results on atmospheric neutrinos and solar neutrinos. We also include in our discussions the recent results from SNO and K2K. We point out that on the confidence level given for the double beta signal, the neutrino mass matrices are now highly constrained. All models predicting Dirac masses are ruled out and leptogenesis becomes a natural choice. Only the degenerate and the inverted hierarchical solutions are allowed for the three-generation Majorana neutrinos. In both cases we find that the radiative corrections destabilize the solutions and the LOW, VO and Just So solutions of the solar neutrinos are ruled out. For the four-generation case only the inverted hierarchical scenario is allowed.

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