Session GA: Recent Advances in Neutrino Physics

8:00 AM–10:00 AM, Friday, November 10, 2006
Williamsburg Hospitality House - Empire A/B

Chair: Jeffrey Nelson, College of William & Mary

Abstract: GA.00004 : Next Generation Neutrinoless Double Beta-Decay: Probing Majorana Neutrino Masses Below the 100 meV Level

9:30 AM–10:00 AM

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Author:

  Albert Young
    (TUNL/NCState University)

Neutrinolesss double beta-decay is a unique tool for probing the absolute mass of neutrinos and determining whether the neutrino is a Dirac or Majorana particle. Neutrino oscillations experiments have established several possible scenarios for the heirarchy of neutrino masses. We present ongoing and planned double beta-decay experiments and their potential impact on our understanding of these mass heirarchy scenarios.