Inverse Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Revisited

Abstract

We critically reexamine the prospects for the observation of the $\Delta L=2$ lepton-number-violating process $\text{eeWW}$ using the $e^{-}{e}^{-}$ option of a high-energy $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider (NLC). We find that, except in the most contrived scenarios, constraints from neutrinoless double beta decay render the process unobservable at an NLC of $\sqrt{s}<2$ TeV. Other $\Delta L=2$ processes such as $\text{ggllww}$, $\text{egnllw}$, $\text{eennll}$ ($\ell =\mu ,\tau$), and $\text{egeww}$, which use various options of the NLC, require a $\sqrt{s}$ of at least 4 TeV for observability.

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