To be or not to be? - First evidence for neutrinoless double-beta decay

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4113-4128

  Klapdor Kleingrothaus, H V ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta decay; Double beta decay; Neutrino mass and mixing; Weak interaction and lepton (including neutrino) aspects

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMOS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0142041506     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X03017403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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