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

183 citations · 587 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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11 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…

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…

physics.ins-det2021★ 33 cited

Analysis of the background on cross section measurements with the MAGNEX spectrometer: the (20Ne,20O) Double Charge Exchange case

S. Calabrese, F. Cappuzzello, D. Carbone +40

The MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer is used in the experimental measurements of Double Charge Exchange and Multi-Nucleon Transfer reactions induced by heavy ions within the NUMEN proj…

physics.ins-det2021

An upgraded focal plane detector for the MAGNEX spectrometer

D. Torresi, O. Sgouros, V. Soukeras +11

An upgraded and improved version of the focal plane detector (FPD) of the large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer MAGNEX is described here. The FPD consists of a tracker operating a…

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★ 57 cited

Analysis of two-nucleon transfer reactions in the 20Ne + 116Cd system at 306 MeV

D. Carbone, J. L. Ferreira, S. Calabrese +46

Background: Heavy-ion induced two-nucleon transfer reactions are powerful tools to reveal peculiar aspects of the atomic nucleus, such as pairing correlations, single-particle and…

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…