Uncertainties in nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay

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作者
Engel, Jonathan [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Phys & Astron, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
关键词
double-beta decay; nuclear structure; error analysis; EXCHANGE;
D O I
10.1088/0954-3899/42/3/034017
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
I briefly review calculations of the matrix elements governing neutrinoless double-beta decay, focusing on attempts to assign uncertainties. At present, systematic error dominates statistical error and assigning uncertainty is difficult. For some purposes, however, statistical assessment of uncertainty is profitable and, after describing the nuclear models in which matrix elements are commonly calculated, I highlight some statistical uncertainty analysis within the quasiparticle random-phase approximation. I also propose, in broad terms, strategies for reducing both systematic and statistical error.
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