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IPPP Workshop on Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Phenomenology Grey College, Durham, UK April 21-23, 2004 |
Within the Standard Model lepton number is conserved, and so neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) is forbidden. However, recent neutrino oscillation experiments strongly suggest that neutrinos are massive particles, and imply that the description of neutrinos within the Standard Model is incomplete. To move beyond the Standard Model and formulate a new theoretical framework with which to describe neutrino phenomenology, the mass mechanism must be investigated. 0νββ experiments illuminate the nature of the mass term in the neutrino Lagrangian; if 0νββ is observed, the neutrino must be a Majorana particle. This represents both theoretical and experimental challenges. The UK has a strong and growing interest in 0νββ experiments, and a strategy document has recently been produced. |
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