Long term prospects for double beta decay

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.Comment: Presented at the "European Strategy For Future Neutrino Physics" Workshop, CERN, Oct. 1-3 2009, to appear as Yellow Report, 7 pages,5 figure