by
Prof.Bernhard Schwingenheuer(Max-Planck-Institut f. Kernphysik, Heidelberg)
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Europe/Brussels
Jean Sacton Seminar room (1G003) (IIHE, VUB)
Jean Sacton Seminar room (1G003)
IIHE, VUB
Description
abstract: The search for neutrinoless double beta decay might be
the only window to observe lepton number violation.
Its observation would favour the leptogenesis mechanism
for the explanation of the baryon asymmetry of the
universe and is therefore considered to be of highest relevance.
The isotope 76Ge has historically been most important
for this search and the ongoing experiment GERDA
has demonstrated the lowest background compared to
all other ongoing efforts.
The talk reviews the motivation, the current
status of experiments and future programs.