Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: Status of Evidence

Author: Klapdor-Kleingrothaus H.V.   Dietz A.   Krivosheina I.V.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0015-9018

Source: Foundations of Physics, Vol.32, Iss.8, 2002-08, pp. : 1181-1223

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Abstract

The present experimental status in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay is reviewed, with emphasis on the first indication for neutrinoless double beta decay found in the HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW experiment, giving first evidence for lepton number violation and a Majorana nature of the neutrinos. Future perspectives of the field are briefly outlined.