Constraints on NJL four-fermion effective interactions from neutrinoless double beta decay

Abstract

Abstract We study the contribution of a heavy right-handed Majorana neutrino to neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) via four-fermion effective interactions of Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) type. In this physical scenario, the sterile neutrino contributes to the nuclear transition through gauge, contact, and mixed interactions. Using the lower limit on the half-life of 0νββ from the KamLAND-Zen experiment, we then constrain the effective right-handed coupling between the sterile neutrino and the W boson: G R W $$ {\mathcal{G}}_R^W $$ . Eventually, we show that the obtained bounds are compatible with those found in the literature, which highlights the complementarity of this type of phenomenological study with high-energy experiments.

Keywords

• Specific BSM Phenomenology
• Sterile or Heavy Neutrinos