Long term prospects for double beta decay

TL;DR

This paper discusses the long-term outlook for double beta decay research, examining experimental challenges, nuclear matrix element issues, and connections to broader neutrino physics to understand the underlying physics processes.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of future prospects, experimental parameters, and the relationship between double beta decay and other neutrino physics results.

Findings

Analysis of experimental parameter importance

Assessment of nuclear matrix element uncertainties

Strategies for disentangling underlying physics processes

Abstract

In rather general terms the long term perspective of double beta decay is discussed. All important experimental parameters are investigated as well as the status of nuclear matrix element issues. The link with other neutrino physics results and options to disentangle the underlying physics process are presented.