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The SNO+ Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment
The SNO+ Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment is an international collaboration of scientists dedicated to searching for evidence of the neutrinoless double beta decay process. This process, if observed, would provide evidence of the violation of lepton number conservation, a fundamental symmetry of the
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In nuclear physics, double beta decay is a type of radioactive decay in which two neutrons are simultaneously transformed into two protons, or vice versa, inside an atomic nucleus. As in single beta decay, this process allows the atom to move closer to the optimal ratio of protons and neutrons. As a result of this transformation, the nucleus emits two detectable beta particles, which are electrons or positrons.