One of the main purposes of SHiP experiment is to shed light on neutrino mass generation mechanisms like the so-called seesaw. We consider a minimal type-I seesaw neutrino mass mechanism model with two heavy neutral leptons (right-handed or sterile neutrinos) with arbitrary masses. Extremely high active-sterile mixing angle requires a correlation between the phases of the Dirac neutrino couplings. Actual experimental limits on the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay 0νββ-rate on the active-sterile mixing angle are not significative in constraining the masses or the mixing measurable by SHiP.
Investigating two heavy neutral leptons neutrino seesaw mechanism at SHiP / Chianese, M.; Fiorillo, DAMIANO FRANCESCO GIUSEPPE; Miele, G.; Morisi, S.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A. - ISSN 0217-751X. - 34:8(2019), p. 1950047. [10.1142/S0217751X19500477]
Investigating two heavy neutral leptons neutrino seesaw mechanism at SHiP
Chianese M.;FIORILLO, DAMIANO FRANCESCO GIUSEPPE;Miele G.;Morisi S.
2019
Abstract
One of the main purposes of SHiP experiment is to shed light on neutrino mass generation mechanisms like the so-called seesaw. We consider a minimal type-I seesaw neutrino mass mechanism model with two heavy neutral leptons (right-handed or sterile neutrinos) with arbitrary masses. Extremely high active-sterile mixing angle requires a correlation between the phases of the Dirac neutrino couplings. Actual experimental limits on the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay 0νββ-rate on the active-sterile mixing angle are not significative in constraining the masses or the mixing measurable by SHiP.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.