Alan Poon (LBL) "Searches for Majorana Neutrinos"

Abstract:
Neutrino oscillation experiments have demonstrated conclusively that neutrinos have mass.  In many Standard Model extensions neutrinos are favored to be Majorana fermions.  A worldwide experimental program to search for this Majorana nature of neutrinos is underway.  In this talk, I will review the status of experimental searches for Majorana neutrinos, with the focus on neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments.
I will also give a brief summary on GERDA Phase-II results that were released on June 29.