Impact of an eV-mass sterile neutrino on the neutrinoless double-beta decays: a Bayesian analysis

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2019.114691MaRDI QIDQ2295553zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Guo-yuan Huang, Shun Zhou

Publication date 13 February 2020

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.03839

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Bayesian inference (62F15) Particle decays (81U90) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Nuclear physics (81V35) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

Abstract: To quantitatively assess the impact of an eV-mass sterile neutrino on the neutrinoless double-beta ($$) decays, we calculate the posterior probability distribution of the relevant effective neutrino mass $|m^{p}rim{e}_{ee}|$ in the (3+1)$u$ mixing scenario, following the Bayesian statistical approach. The latest global-fit analysis of neutrino oscillation data, the cosmological bound on the sum of three active neutrino masses from {it Planck}, and the constraints from current $$ decay experiments are taken into account in our calculations. Based on the resultant posterior distributions, we find that the average value of the effective neutrino mass is shifted from $overline|m_{ee}^{}|=3.37imes10^{-3}meV$ (or $7.71imes10^{-3}meV$) in the standard 3$u$ mixing scenario to $overline|m_{ee}^{prime}|=2.54imes10^{-2}meV$ (or $2.56imes10^{-2}meV$) in the (3+1)$u$ mixing scenario, with the logarithmically uniform prior on the lightest neutrino mass (or on the sum of three active neutrino masses). Therefore, a null signal from the future $$ decay experiment with a sensitivity to $|m_{ee}^{}|approxmathcalO(10_{}^{-2})meV$ will be able to set a very stringent constraint on the sterile neutrino mass and the active-sterile mixing angle.

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• Probability densities of the effective neutrino masses \(m_{\beta}\) and \(m_{\beta\beta}\)
• Flavor structures of charged fermions and massive neutrinos

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