Physics – Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aps..apr.b1003e&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, APS April Meeting, April 16-19, 2005, abstract #B1.003
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
We now know that neutrinos have mass. The oscillation experiments have shown that at least one neutrino has a mass greater than about 45 meV. However, these experiments do not measure the absolute mass scale of the neutrino. Beta decay experiments, large-scale structure measurements, and double-beta decay experiments are the most promising techniques to determine this scale. In addition, double-beta decay experiments provide the only feasible technique to determine whether the neutrino is its own anti-particle. The current situation is enticing as the oscillation results give hope that upcoming double-beta decay experiments will see a signal. This, and because the neutrino plays an important role in nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, the science of double-beta decay has stimulated great interest recently. This presentation will summarize the science and the experimental prospects.
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