Published December 2002
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Double beta decay
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University of Washington
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California Institute of Technology
Abstract
The motivation, present status, and future plans of the search for betabeta(0nu) decay are reviewed. Recent observations of neutrino oscillations encourage the hope that betabeta(0nu) decay corresponding to the neutrino mass scale suggested by oscillations, m(nu) approximate to 50 meV, actually exists. The challenges to achieve the sensitivity corresponding to this mass scale, and plans to overcome them, are described.
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© 2002 Annual Reviews. We would like to thank the following colleagues for useful discussions concerning this manuscript: Frank Avignone III, Laura Baudis, John Beacom, Peter Doe, Hiro Ejiri, Giorgio Gratta, Ryuta Hazama, Harry Miley, and Michael Moe. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contracts DE-FG03-97ER41020 and DE-FG03-88ER40397.Attached Files
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- Department of Energy (DOE)
- DE-FG03-97ER41020
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- DE-FG03-88ER40397
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