Limits on the Majorana Neutrino Mass in the 0.1 eV Range
Author(s) -
L. Baudis,
Alexander Dietz,
G. Heusser,
H. V. KlapdorKleingrothaus,
I. V. Krivosheina,
St. Kolb,
B. Majorovits,
V. F. Melnikov,
Heinrich Päs,
F. Schwamm,
H. Strecker,
V.I. Alexeev,
A. Balysh,
A. M. Bakalyarov,
S.T. Belyaev,
V. I. Lebedev,
S. V. Zhukov
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.83.41
Subject(s) - majorana , neutrino , physics , particle physics , degenerate energy levels , double beta decay , limit (mathematics) , nuclear physics , range (aeronautics) , quantum mechanics , materials science , composite material , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The Heidelberg-Moscow experiment gives the most stringent limit on theMajorana neutrino mass. After 24 kg yr of data with pulse shape measurements,we set a lower limit on the half-life of the neutrinoless double beta decay in76Ge of T_1/2 > 5.7 * 10^{25} yr at 90% C.L., thus excluding an effectiveMajorana neutrino mass greater than 0.2 eV. This allows to set strongconstraints on degenerate neutrino mass models.Comment: 6 pages (latex) including 3 postscript figures and 2 table
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