New leptoquark mechanism of neutrinoless doubleβdecay

Abstract
A new mechanism for neutrinoless double β(0νββ) decay based on leptoquark exchange is discussed. Because of the specific helicity structure of the effective four-fermion interaction this contribution is strongly enhanced compared to the well-known mass mechanism of 0νββ decay. As a result the corresponding leptoquark parameters are severely constrained from nonobservation of 0νββ decay. These constraints are more stringent than those derived from other experiments.
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