Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 33, No. 1, January 2002, page 471


On the Existence of Neutrino-Less Double Electron Capture Transitions

Z. Sujkowski, S. Wycech

The nuclear method to discover Majorana neutrinos is the neutrinoless \beta \beta decay. We propose to study the inverse process accompanied by a photon emission, the neutrinoless radiative double electron capture. Chances for such a decay are estimated. These favour studies of 0+ 0+ nuclear transitions of small energy release in high Z atoms.

PACS numbers: 13.15.+g, 23.40.Bw


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