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The present experimental status in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay is reviewed, with emphasis on the first indication for neutrinoless double beta decay found in the HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW experiment, giving first evidence for lepton number violation and a Majorana nature of the neutrinos. Future perspectives of the field are briefly outlined.
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Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, H.V., Dietz, A. & Krivosheina, I.V. Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: Status of Evidence. Foundations of Physics 32, 1181–1223 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019722802931
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