Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Tiny, weakly interacting neutrinos are difficult to study in the laboratory, but studying neutrinos can give us a better understanding of the origin and structure of the universe. In particular, the study of neutrino mass is a direct probe into new physics. It is an experimentally open question whether or not neutrinos have distinct antiparticle states, and the answer is directly related to the origin of neutrino mass. The observation of neutrinoless double beta decay, a non-Standard Model version of a rare nuclear process, would prove that neutrinos are their own antiparticles. I will report on the status and recent results of current searches, as well as plans for the next generation of neutrinoless double beta decay experiments.