If future neutrino oscillation experiments show that the neutrino mass spectrum is with normal ordering, m(1) < m(2) < m(3), and the searches for neutrinoless double beta [(beta beta)(0 nu)] decay with sensitivity to values of the effective Majorana mass |< m >| greater than or similar to 10(-2) eV give negative results, the next frontier in the quest for (beta beta)(0 nu)-decay will correspond to |< m >| similar to 10(-3) eV. By assuming that massive neutrinos are Majorana particles and their exchange is the dominant mechanism generating (beta beta)(0 nu) - decay, we analyze the conditions under which |< m >|, in the case of three-neutrino mixing and a neutrino mass spectrum with normal ordering, would satisfy |< m >| >= 0.001 eV. We consider the specific cases of (i) a normal hierarchical neutrino mass spectrum, (ii) a relatively small value of the CHOOZ angle theta(13), as well as (iii) the general case of a spectrum with normal ordering, a partial hierarchy, and a value of theta(13) close to the existing upper limit. We study the ranges of the lightest neutrino mass m(1) and/or of sin(2)theta(13) for which |< m >| >= 0.001 eV and discuss the phenomenological implications of such scenarios. We provide also an estimate of |< m >| when the three-neutrino masses and the neutrino mixing originate from a neutrino mass term of the Majorana type for the (left-handed) flavor neutrinos and Sigma(3)(j)m(j)U(ej)(2) = 0, but there does not exist a symmetry which forbids the (beta beta)(0 nu)-decay.

Majorana neutrinos, neutrino mass spectrum, and the |m|∼10-3eV frontier in neutrinoless double beta decay / Pascoli, S; Petkov, Serguey. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 77:11(2008), pp. 1-16. [10.1103/PhysRevD.77.113003]

Majorana neutrinos, neutrino mass spectrum, and the |m|∼10-3eV frontier in neutrinoless double beta decay

Petkov, Serguey
2008-01-01

Abstract

If future neutrino oscillation experiments show that the neutrino mass spectrum is with normal ordering, m(1) < m(2) < m(3), and the searches for neutrinoless double beta [(beta beta)(0 nu)] decay with sensitivity to values of the effective Majorana mass |< m >| greater than or similar to 10(-2) eV give negative results, the next frontier in the quest for (beta beta)(0 nu)-decay will correspond to |< m >| similar to 10(-3) eV. By assuming that massive neutrinos are Majorana particles and their exchange is the dominant mechanism generating (beta beta)(0 nu) - decay, we analyze the conditions under which |< m >|, in the case of three-neutrino mixing and a neutrino mass spectrum with normal ordering, would satisfy |< m >| >= 0.001 eV. We consider the specific cases of (i) a normal hierarchical neutrino mass spectrum, (ii) a relatively small value of the CHOOZ angle theta(13), as well as (iii) the general case of a spectrum with normal ordering, a partial hierarchy, and a value of theta(13) close to the existing upper limit. We study the ranges of the lightest neutrino mass m(1) and/or of sin(2)theta(13) for which |< m >| >= 0.001 eV and discuss the phenomenological implications of such scenarios. We provide also an estimate of |< m >| when the three-neutrino masses and the neutrino mixing originate from a neutrino mass term of the Majorana type for the (left-handed) flavor neutrinos and Sigma(3)(j)m(j)U(ej)(2) = 0, but there does not exist a symmetry which forbids the (beta beta)(0 nu)-decay.
2008
77
11
1
16
113003
Pascoli, S; Petkov, Serguey
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