Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay (IMAGE)

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Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay

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In the neutrinoless double-beta decay of germanium 76, a single particle would be emitted as one neutron changes to a proton. This right-handed antineutrino would be absorbed as a left-handed neutrino by a second neutron, causing it too to change to a proton. Two electrons account for the total difference in energy between the nuclei of germanium 76 and selenium 76.

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