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Mechanisms of neutrinoless double-beta decay: A comparative analysis of several nuclei

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The neutrinoless double beta decay of several nuclei that are of interest from the experimental point of view (76Ge, 82Se, 100Mo, 130Te, and 136Xe) is investigated on the basis of a general Lorentzinvariant effective Lagrangian describing physics effects beyond the Standard Model. The half-lives and angular-correlation coefficients for electrons are calculated for various decay mechanisms associated, in particular, with the exchange of Majorana neutrinos, supersymmetric particles (with R-parity violation), leptoquarks, and right-handed W R bosons. The effect of theoretical uncertainties in the values of relevant nuclear matrix elements on decay features is considered.

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Original Russian Text © A. Ali, A.V. Borisov, D.V. Zhuridov, 2010, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2010, Vol. 73, No. 12, pp. 2139–2152.

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Ali, A., Borisov, A.V. & Zhuridov, D.V. Mechanisms of neutrinoless double-beta decay: A comparative analysis of several nuclei. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 73, 2083–2096 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778810120136

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