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arxiv: hep-ph/0612165 · v2 · submitted 2006-12-13 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex· nucl-ex· nucl-th

Pinning down the mechanism of neutrinoless double beta decay with measurements in different nuclei

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A measurement of neutrinoless double beta decay in one isotope does not allow to determine the underlying physics mechanism. We discuss the discrimination of mechanisms for neutrinoless double beta decay by comparing ratios of half life measurements for different isotopes. Six prominent examples for specific new physics contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay are analyzed. We find that the change in corresponding ratios of half lives varies from 60% for supersymmetric models up to a factor of 5-20 for extra-dimensional and left-right-symmetric mechanisms.

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