Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Constraints

Abstract

A brief overview is given of theoretical analyses with neutrinoless double beta decay experiments. Theoretical bounds on the ``observable'', <m>_betabeta, are presented. By using experimental bounds on <m>_betabeta, allowed regions are obtained on the m_l-cos{2theta_12} plane, where m_l stands for the lightest neutrino mass. It is shown that Majorana neutrinos can be excluded by combining possible results of future neutrinoless double beta decay and {}^3H beta decay experiments. A possibility to constrain one of two Majorana phases is discussed also.

Comments: 8 pages, 6 figures, ws-procs9x6.cls. Invited talk at 4th Workshop on Neutrino Oscillations and their Origin (NOON2003), Kanazawa, Japan, 10-14 Feb 2003