Double Beta Decay: Historical Review of 75 Years of Research

Abstract

Main achievements during 75 years of research on double beta decay have been reviewed. The existing experimental data have been presented and the capabilities of the next-generation detectors have been demonstrated.

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• The influence of pairing on the nuclear matrix elements of the neutrinoless double beta decays
• Results from a search for the $0\nu \beta \beta$-decay of ${}^{130}Te$
• Precise half-life values for two neutrino double beta decay
• Improved short-range correlations and 0nbb nuclear matrix elements of 76Ge and 82Se
• Nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double beta decay with improved short-range correlations
• Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay of 48Ca studied by CaF2(Eu) Scintillators
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• The GERDA experiment for the search of 0νββ decay in ^{76}Ge
• Limits on the neutrino mass from neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay
• Nuclear matrix element of neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay: Relativity and short-range correlations
• Beyond-mean-field approaches for nuclear neutrinoless double beta decay in the standard mechanism
• Low background techniques in bolometers for double-beta decay search
• The Processing of Enriched Germanium for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR and R&D for a Possible Future Ton-Scale Ge-76 Double-Beta Decay Experiment
• Probing Beyond the Standard Model Physics with Double-beta Decays
• Leptonic CP Violation and Leptogenesis
• Constraining the Effective Mass of Majorana Neutrino with Sterile Neutrino Mass for Inverted Ordering Spectrum
• Searches for LFV and LNV Decays at LHCb
• The Nature of Massive Neutrinos
• The Nature of the Neutrino (Dirac/Majorana) and Double Beta Decay with or without Neutrinos