The NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay

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作者
Cappuzzello, F. [2 ,3 ]
Agodi, C. [3 ]
Cavallaro, M. [3 ]
Carbone, D. [3 ]
Tudisco, S. [3 ]
Lo Presti, D. [1 ,4 ]
Oliveira, J. R. B. [5 ]
Finocchiaro, P. [3 ]
Colonna, M. [3 ]
Rifuggiato, D. [3 ]
Calabretta, L. [3 ]
Calvo, D. [6 ]
Pandola, L. [3 ]
Acosta, L. [7 ]
Auerbach, N. [8 ]
Bellone, J. [1 ,3 ]
Bijker, R. [9 ]
Bonanno, D. [4 ]
Bongiovanni, D. [3 ]
Borello-Lewin, T. [5 ]
Boztosun, I. [10 ]
Brunasso, O. [6 ]
Burrello, S. [3 ,11 ]
Calabrese, S. [1 ,3 ]
Calanna, A. [3 ]
Chavez Lomeli, E. R. [7 ]
D'Agostino, G. [1 ,3 ]
De Faria, P. N. [12 ]
De Geronimo, G. [13 ]
Delaunay, F. [14 ]
Deshmukh, N. [3 ]
Ferreira, J. L. [12 ]
Fisichella, M. [6 ]
Foti, A. [4 ]
Gallo, G. [1 ,3 ]
Garcia-Tecocoatzi, H. [15 ,27 ]
Greco, V. [1 ,3 ]
Hacisalihoglu, A. [3 ,16 ]
Iazzi, F. [6 ,17 ]
Introzzi, R. [6 ,17 ]
Lanzalone, G. [3 ,18 ]
Lay, J. A. [11 ]
La Via, F. [19 ]
Lenske, H. [20 ]
Linares, R. [12 ]
Litrico, G. [3 ]
Longhitano, F. [4 ]
Lubian, J. [12 ]
Medina, N. H. [5 ]
Mendes, D. R. [12 ]
机构
[1] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Expt Nucl Phys, Catania, Italy
[2] Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Expt Nucl Phys, Catania, Italy
[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Sud, Catania, Italy
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Catania, Catania, Italy
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Torino, Turin, Italy
[7] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
[8] Tel Aviv Univ, Sch Phys & Astron, Tel Aviv, Israel
[9] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
[10] Akdeniz Univ, Antalya, Turkey
[11] Univ Seville, Dept FAMN, Seville, Spain
[12] Univ Fed Fluminense, Inst Fis, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
[13] SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA
[14] Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, ENSICAEN, CNRS,IN2P3,LPC Caen, Caen, France
[15] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, Genoa, Italy
[16] Karadeniz Tech Univ, Inst Nat Sci, Trabzon, Turkey
[17] DISAT Politecn Torino, Turin, Italy
[18] Univ Enna Kore, Enna, Italy
[19] CNR, IMM, Sez Catania, Catania, Italy
[20] Univ Giessen, Giessen, Germany
[21] CNEN, IPEN, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
[22] Univ Ioannina, Dept Phys, Ioannina, Greece
[23] Univ Ioannina, HINP, Ioannina, Greece
[24] IFIN HH, Bucharest, Romania
[25] Centro Univ FEI, Sao Bernardo Do Campo, Brazil
[26] Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Dept Chem, Lab Phys Chem, Athens, Greece
[27] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, Genoa, Italy
来源
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A | 2018年 / 54卷 / 05期
基金
欧洲研究理事会; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
DOUBLE-CHARGE-EXCHANGE; GAMOW-TELLER STRENGTH; INTERACTING-BOSON-MODEL; PULSE-SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; PROTON-PROTON COLLISIONS; GIANT PAIRING VIBRATION; 2-PION PRODUCTION; MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER; STATE DISTRIBUTIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT;
D O I
10.1140/epja/i2018-12509-3
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
The article describes the main achievements of the NUMEN project together with an updated and detailed overview of the related R&D activities and theoretical developments. NUMEN proposes an innovative technique to access the nuclear matrix elements entering the expression of the lifetime of the double beta decay by cross section measurements of heavy-ion induced Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reactions. Despite the fact that the two processes, namely neutrinoless double beta decay and DCE reactions, are triggered by the weak and strong interaction respectively, important analogies are suggested. The basic point is the coincidence of the initial and final state many-body wave functions in the two types of processes and the formal similarity of the transition operators. First experimental results obtained at the INFN-LNS laboratory for the Ca-40(O-18, Ne-18)(40) Ar reaction at 270 MeV give an encouraging indication on the capability of the proposed technique to access relevant quantitative information. The main experimental tools for this project are the K800 Superconducting Cyclotron and MAGNEX spectrometer. The former is used for the acceleration of the required high resolution and low emittance heavy-ion beams and the latter is the large acceptance magnetic spectrometer for the detection of the ejectiles. The use of the high-order trajectory reconstruction technique, implemented in MAGNEX, allows to reach the experimental resolution and sensitivity required for the accurate measurement of the DCE cross sections at forward angles. However, the tiny values of such cross sections and the resolution requirements demand beam intensities much larger than those manageable with the present facility. The on-going upgrade of the INFN-LNS facilities in this perspective is part of the NUMEN project and will be discussed in the article.
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