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20182026
most citedThe NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay

183 citations · 389 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

nucl-ex2026

Probing nuclear interactions à la Rutherford: Insights on He from scattering

F. Cappuzzello, V. Soukeras, S. Bacca +27

Nuclear interactions play a key role for the stability of atomic nuclei and stellar environments. Successful parametrization and models of these interactions, developed in the last…

physics.ins-det2023★ 10 cited

Characterization of a gas detector prototype based on Thick-GEM for the MAGNEX focal plane detector

I. Ciraldo, G. A. Brischetto, D. Torresi +18

A new gas detector prototype for the upgrade of the focal plane detector of the MAGNEX large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer has been developed and tested in view of the NUMEN pro…

nucl-ex2023

Cross-shell states in C: a test for p-sd interactions

J. Lois-Fuentes, B. Fernández-Domínguez, X. Pereira-López +59

The low-lying structure of C has been investigated via the neutron-removal C reaction. Along with bound neutron sd-shell hole states, unbound p-shell hole stat…

nucl-ex2022★ 35 cited

Analysis of one-neutron transfer reaction in O + Se collision at 275 MeV

I. Ciraldo, F. Cappuzzello, M. Cavallaro +45

Purpose: We want to analyze transitions to low-lying excited states of the residual and ejectile nuclei in the 76Se(18O, 17O) 77Se one-neutron stripping reaction at 275-MeV inciden…

nucl-th2022★ 37 cited

Multi-channel experimental and theoretical constraints for the Cd(Ne,F)In charge exchange reaction at 306 MeV

S. Burrello, S. Calabrese, F. Cappuzzello +43

Charge exchange (CE) reactions offer a major opportunity to excite nuclear isovector modes, providing clues about the nuclear interaction in the medium. Moreover, double charge exc…

nucl-ex2021★ 44 cited

Study of one-proton transfer reaction for the O + Ti system at 275 MeV

O. Sgouros, M. Cavallaro, F. Cappuzzello +38

Single-nucleon transfer reactions are processes that selectively probe single-particle components of the populated many-body nuclear states. In this context, recent efforts have be…

nucl-ex2021★ 10 cited

Neutron-proton pairing in the N=Z radioactive fp-shell nuclei 56Ni and 52Fe probed by pair transfer

B. Le Crom, M. Assié, Y. Blumenfeld +49

The isovector and isoscalar components of neutron-proton pairing are investigated in the N=Z unstable nuclei of the \textit{fp}-shell through the two-nucleon transfer reaction (p,$…

nucl-ex2020★ 18 cited

Low-lying single-particle structure of 17C and the N = 14 sub-shell closure

X. Pereira-López, B. Fernández-Domínguez, F. Delaunay +58

The first investigation of the single-particle structure of the bound states of 17C, via the d(16C, p) transfer reaction, has been undertaken. The measured angular distributions co…

nucl-ex2020

NURE: An ERC project to study nuclear reactions for neutrinoless double beta decay

M. Cavallaro, E. Aciksoz, L. Acosta +71

Neutrinoless double beta decay (0ν\b{eta}\b{eta}) is considered the best potential resource to determine the absolute neutrino mass scale. Moreover, if observed, it will signal tha…

nucl-ex2020

Charge-state distributions of 20Ne ions emerging from thin foils

M. Cavallaro, G. Santagati, F. Cappuzzello +42

New experimental measurements of charge state distributions produced by a 20Ne10+ beam at 15 MeV/u colliding on various thin solid targets are presented. The use of the MAGNEX magn…

nucl-ex2020★ 1 cited

Measuring nuclear reaction cross sections to extract information on neutrinoless double beta decay

M. Cavallaro, F. Cappuzzello, C. Agodi +72

Neutrinoless double beta decay (0v\b{eta}\b{eta}) is considered the best potential resource to access the absolute neutrino mass scale. Moreover, if observed, it will signal that n…

nucl-ex2019★ 51 cited

20Ne + 76Ge elastic and inelastic scattering at 306 MeV

A. Spatafora, F. Cappuzzello, D. Carbone +46

Background: Double charge exchange (DCE) nuclear reactions have recently attracted much interest as tools to provide experimentally driven information about nuclear matrix elements…

nucl-ex2018★ 183 cited

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

F. Cappuzzello, C. Agodi, M. Cavallaro +68

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 pr…