TeV Scale Left-Right Symmetry and Large Mixing Effects in Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

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Abstract

We analyze various contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ0νββ) in a TeV-scale Left-Right Symmetric Model (LRSM) for type-I seesaw dominance. We find that the momentum-dependent effects due to WL−WRW_L-W_R exchange (λλ-diagram) and WL−WRW_L-W_R mixing (ηη-diagram) could give dominant contributions to the 0νββ0νββ amplitude in a wide range of the LRSM parameter space. In particular, for a relatively large WL−WRW_L-W_R mixing, the ηη-contribution by itself could saturate the current experimental limit on the 0νββ0νββ half-life, thereby providing stringent constraints on the relevant LRSM parameters, complementary to the indirect constraints derived from lepton flavor violating observables. In a simplified scenario parametrized by a single light-heavy neutrino mixing, the inclusion of the λλ and ηη contributions leads to significantly improved 0νββ0νββ constraints on the light-heavy neutrino mixing as well as on the WL−WRW_L-W_R mixing parameters. We also present a concrete TeV-scale LRSM setup, where the mixing effects are manifestly enhanced, and discuss the interplay between 0νββ0νββ, lepton flavor violation and electric dipole moment constraints.

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