The argument that the decay ν i →ν j +ϕ is suppressed in triplet majoron models by lepton number conservation is re-examined. It is found that in general the decay rates for ν i →ν j +ϕ and for [Formula: see text] should be of comparable magnitudes.
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Kim et al. (1990) studied this question.