Double beta decay: experiments and theory review

Abstract

Neutrinoless double beta decay is one of the most powerful tools to set the neutrino mass absolute scale and establish whether the neutrino is a Majorana particle. After a summary of the neutrinoless double beta decay phenomenology, the present status of the experimental search for this rare decay is reported and the prospects for next generation experiments are reviewed.

Talk presented at Flavor Physics & CP Violation Conference, Bled, 2007; 7 pages

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