Title: 
Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay and SuperNEMO
   
Speaker: 
Prof. David Waters, UCL

Abstract: 
The simultaneous double beta-decay of a nucleus may occasionally 
be accompanied by a curious absence of neutrinos, rather than the 
two expected in the Standard Model. This strange process, 
although incredibly rare, may offer a unique window on some
fundamental questions in neutrino physics. The talk will review the 
physics of neutrinoless double-beta decay and discuss some of 
the techniques, at the intersection of nuclear and particle physics, 
that have been proposed to discover it. The status and prospects 
of worldwide searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay will be 
reviewed, with special emphasis on the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO 
tracking-calorimeter experiments.