Jun 23 – 27, 2025
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, CTU in Prague
Europe/Prague timezone
MEDEX'25 proceedings submission deadline: September 15th, 2025.

Pinning Down Two Right-Handed Neutrinos with Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Jun 24, 2025, 9:45 AM
30m
Conference room (Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, CTU in Prague)

Conference room

Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, CTU in Prague

Husova 240/5, 11000 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Oral presentation Theory Theory

Speaker

Vaisakh Plakkot (University of Amsterdam & Nikhef)

Description

The addition of two gauge singlet right-handed neutrinos to the Standard Model conveniently explains neutrino oscillations, while also potentially explaining the matter-antimatter asymmetry. The possible Majorana nature of neutrinos resulting from this modification can lead to observable signals in the form of neutrinoless double beta decay. Recent calculations show that the neutrinoless double beta decay rates may be underestimated in the standard parametrisation, calling for a better computation from an EFT perspective. The computations reveal significant differences in the amplitude, especially for light neutrinos where the ultrasoft mode becomes relevant. We show that, in the inverted mass ordering of neutrinos, with future limits on neutrinoless double beta decay, it is possible to precisely pin down the regions in the mass-coupling parameter space where a model with two right-handed neutrinos could exist, and that these regions are subject to cosmological constraints while also being a target for future collider and beam dump searches.

Primary author

Vaisakh Plakkot (University of Amsterdam & Nikhef)

Presentation materials