@Article{Helo_etal2013,
author="Helo, J. C.
and Kovalenko, S. G.
and Hirsch, M.
and Pas, H.",
title="Neutrinoless double beta decay and lepton number violation at the LHC",
journal="Physical Review D",
year="2013",
publisher="Amer Physical Soc",
volume="88",
number="1",
pages="011901--5pp",
abstract="We compare the discovery potential of the LHC for lepton number violating (LNV) signals with the sensitivity of current and future double beta decay experiments, assuming 0 nu beta beta decay is dominated by heavy particle exchange. We consider charged scalar, leptoquark and diquark mechanisms of 0 nu beta beta decay, covering the 0 nu beta beta decay operators with both, the smallest and largest, possible rates. We demonstrate, if 0 nu beta beta decay were found with a half-life below 10(26)-10(27) years a positive signal should show up at the LHC, except for some particular cases of the leptoquark mechanism, and vice versa, if the LHC does not find any hints for LNV, a {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}short-range{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} explanation for a finite 0 nu beta beta decay half-life will be ruled out in most cases. We argue, if a positive LNV signal were found at the LHC, it is possible to identify the dominant contribution to 0 nu beta beta. Two different kinds of observables which could provide such {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}model discriminating{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} power are discussed: different invariant mass peaks and the charge asymmetry.",
optnote="WOS:000322225900001",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=1523), last updated on Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:13:30 +0000",
issn="1550-7998",
doi="10.1103/PhysRevD.88.011901",
opturl="http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.0899",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.011901",
archivePrefix="arXiv",
eprint="1303.0899",
language="English"
}