Neutrino-less double beta decay in the $\nu$ Standard Model

Abstract

We perform a comprehensive study of the $3+3$ Type-I seesaw model for a broad range of right-handed mass scales (from keV to 10 TeV). We take into account and, in some cases, update the constraints from a large number of high- and low-energy experiments and study the implications on neutrino-less double beta ($0\nu \beta \beta$) decay experiments. We illustrate our findings through profile likelihood plots for the half-life $T_{1/2}^{0\nu }$ and two-dimensional plots correlating $T_{1/2}^{0\nu }$ to neutrino masses. We find that in this simple class of models for Majorana neutrino masses, current and next-generation $0\nu \beta \beta$ decay experiments have a broad discovery potential in both the normal and inverted orderings of the spectrum of light active neutrinos.

7 pages, 6 figures