From nuclear physics to physics beyond the standard model: First evidence for Lepton number violation and the Majorana character of neutrinos

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2107-2126

  Klapdor Kleingrothaus, H V ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double beta decay; Ge detectors; Heidelberg Moscow experiment; Lepton number violation; Majorana neutrino; Neutrino mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 14144254414     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271804006656     Document Type: Review

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