TY - JOUR
T1 - TeV-scale left-right symmetry and large mixing effects in neutrinoless double beta decay
AU - Bhupal Dev, P. S.
AU - Goswami, Srubabati
AU - Mitra, Manimala
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Physical Society.
PY - 2015/6/9
Y1 - 2015/6/9
N2 - We revisit various contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) in a TeV-scale left-right symmetric model (LRSM) for type-I seesaw dominance. We show that the momentum-dependent effects due to WL-WR exchange (λ diagram) and WL-WR mixing (η diagram) could give dominant contributions to the 0νββ amplitude in a wide range of the LRSM parameter space with large left-right neutrino mixing. In particular, for a relatively large WL-WR mixing, the η contribution by itself could saturate the current experimental limit on the 0νββ half-life, thereby providing stringent constraints on the relevant LRSM parameters, complementary to the indirect constraints derived from lepton-flavor-violating observables. In a simplified scenario parametrized by a single light-heavy neutrino mixing, the inclusion of the λ and η contributions leads to significantly improved 0νββ constraints on the light-heavy neutrino mixing as well as on the WL-WR mixing parameters. We also present a concrete TeV-scale LRSM setup, where the mixing effects are manifestly enhanced, and discuss the interplay between 0νββ, lepton flavor violation, and electric dipole moment constraints.
AB - We revisit various contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) in a TeV-scale left-right symmetric model (LRSM) for type-I seesaw dominance. We show that the momentum-dependent effects due to WL-WR exchange (λ diagram) and WL-WR mixing (η diagram) could give dominant contributions to the 0νββ amplitude in a wide range of the LRSM parameter space with large left-right neutrino mixing. In particular, for a relatively large WL-WR mixing, the η contribution by itself could saturate the current experimental limit on the 0νββ half-life, thereby providing stringent constraints on the relevant LRSM parameters, complementary to the indirect constraints derived from lepton-flavor-violating observables. In a simplified scenario parametrized by a single light-heavy neutrino mixing, the inclusion of the λ and η contributions leads to significantly improved 0νββ constraints on the light-heavy neutrino mixing as well as on the WL-WR mixing parameters. We also present a concrete TeV-scale LRSM setup, where the mixing effects are manifestly enhanced, and discuss the interplay between 0νββ, lepton flavor violation, and electric dipole moment constraints.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84935842767
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.113004
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.113004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84935842767
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 91
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 11
M1 - 113004
ER -