The nuclear matrix elements of 0νββ decay and the NUMEN project at INFN-LNS

F. Cappuzzello; C. Agodi; F. Balestra; R. Bijker; D. Bonanno; D. Bongiovanni; V. Branchina; S. Calabrese; L. Calabretta; A. Calanna; D. Calvo; D. Carbone; M. Cavallaro; M. Colonna; S. Ferrero; A. Foti; P. Finocchiaro; G. Giraudo; V. Greco; F. Iazzi; R. Introzzi; G. Lanzalone; A. Lavagno; D. Lo Presti; F. Longhitano; A. Muoio; L. Pandola; D. Rifuggiato; M.V. Ruslan; E. Santopinto; L. Scaltrito; S. Tudisco; V. Zagatto

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EPJ Web of Conferences 117, 10003 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611710003

The nuclear matrix elements of 0νββ decay and the NUMEN project at INFN-LNS

F. Cappuzzello¹^,2, C. Agodi¹, F. Balestra³^,4, R. Bijker⁵, D. Bonanno⁶, D. Bongiovanni⁶, V. Branchina²^,6, S. Calabrese¹^,2, L. Calabretta¹, A. Calanna¹, D. Calvo³, D. Carbone¹, M. Cavallaro¹, M. Colonna¹, S. Ferrero³^,4, A. Foti²^,6, P. Finocchiaro¹, G. Giraudo³^,4, V. Greco¹^,2, F. Iazzi³^,4, R. Introzzi³^,4, G. Lanzalone¹, A. Lavagno³^,4, D. Lo Presti²^,6, F. Longhitano⁶, A. Muoio¹, L. Pandola¹, D. Rifuggiato¹, M.V. Ruslan⁵, E. Santopinto⁵, L. Scaltrito³^,4, S. Tudisco¹ and V. Zagatto¹

¹ INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
² Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Italy
³ INFN, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
⁴ Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
⁵ INFN, Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy
⁶ INFN, Sezione di Catania, I-95123 Catania, Italy

Published online: 11 May 2016

Abstract

An innovative technique to access the nuclear matrix elements entering the expression of the life time of the double beta decay by relevant cross sections measurements of double charge exchange reactions is proposed. A key aspect of the project is the use of the MAGNEX large acceptance magnetic spectrometer, for the detection of the ejectiles, and of the LNS K800 Superconducting Cyclotron (CS), for the acceleration of the required high resolution and low emittance heavyion beams, already in operation at INFN Laboratory Nazionali del Sud in Catania (Italy).

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