Neutrinoless double-beta decay: A brief review

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Bilenky, S M ^a,b   Giunti, C ^b  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

lepton number; Majorana neutrinos; Neutrino mass; neutrino mixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860543990     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217732312300157     Document Type: Review

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