Abstract

Neutrinoless double beta decay of nuclei, if observed, would have important implications on fundamental physics. In particular it would give access to the effective neutrino mass. In order to extract such information from 0νββ decay half-life measurements, the knowledge of the Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) is of utmost importance. In this context the NUMEN and the NURE projects aim to extract information on the NME by measuring cross sections of Double Charge Exchange reactions in selected systems which are expected to spontaneously decay via 0νββ. In this work an overview of the experimental challenges that NUMEN is facing in order to perform the experiments with accelerated beams and the research and development activity for the planned upgrade of the INFN-LNS facilities is reported.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012004
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1610
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2020
Event43rd Symposium on Nuclear Physics 2020, SNP 2020 - Cocoyoc, Morelos, Mexico
Duration: 6 Jan 20209 Jan 2020

Funding

FundersFunder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme714625
European Research Council

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