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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne

HK 41: Astroparticle Physics II

HK 41.3: Talk

Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 17:30–17:45, S1/01 A02

Search for neutrinoless double beta decay beyond GERDA — •Stefan Schönert — Physik-Department, E15, Technische Universität München

The observation of neutrinoless double beta decay (NLDBD) would be an explicit violation of lepton number conservation and indicate that neutrinos are their own antiparticles (Majorana particles). The study of NLDBD is therefore viewed as addressing one of the key questions in neutrino physics today. NLDBD of Ge-76 is being studied with the ongoing experiment GERDA, which has the lowest background of all experiments in the field. The proposed experimental program beyond GERDA is presented.