McGill.CA / Science / Department of Physics
Informal Pizza Seminar

Status and Perspectives of Double Beta Decay

Kai Zuber

Oxford

In recent years, convincing evidence was found for a non-vanishing rest mass of neutrinos. All were obtained from neutrino oscillation experiments. The question about the absolute mass scale and the fundamental character of the neutrino is still unsolved. The gold-plated channel to investigate these questions is neutrinoless double beta decay. The current status of double beta decay searches will be presented including a claimed possible evidence. An outlook of future ideas and plans is given.

Tuesday, November 19th 2002, 13:00
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, room 326