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Theoretical tools for neutrino scattering: interplay between lattice QCD, EFTs, nuclear physics, phenomenology, and neutrino event generators
L. Alvarez Ruso, A. M. Ankowski, S. Bacca +58
Maximizing the discovery potential of increasingly precise neutrino experiments will require an improved theoretical understanding of neutrino-nucleus cross sections over a wide ra…
HL-LHC Computing Review: Common Tools and Community Software
HEP Software Foundation, :, Thea Aarrestad +107
Common and community software packages, such as ROOT, Geant4 and event generators have been a key part of the LHC's success so far and continued development and optimisation will b…
Determining the nuclear neutron distribution from Coherent Elastic neutrino-Nucleus Scattering: current results and future prospects
Pilar Coloma, Ivan Esteban, M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia +1
Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENS), a process recently measured for the first time at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source, is directly sensitive to the weak form f…
Testing ab initio nuclear structure in neutron-rich nuclei: lifetime measurements of second 2+ states in 16C and 20O
M. Ciemala, S. Ziliani, F. C. L. Crespi +91
To test the predictive power of ab initio nuclear structure theory, the lifetime of the second 2+ state in neutron-rich 20O, tau(2+_2 ) = 150(+80-30) fs, and an estimate for the li…
Ni revealed as a doubly magic stronghold against nuclear deformation
R. Taniuchi, C. Santamaria, P. Doornenbal +68
Nuclear magic numbers, which emerge from the strong nuclear force based on quantum chromodynamics, correspond to fully occupied energy shells of protons, or neutrons inside atomic…
First results on the scalar WIMP-pion coupling, using the XENON1T experiment
E. Aprile, J. Aalbers, F. Agostini +128
We present first results on the scalar WIMP-pion coupling from 1 tyr of exposure with the XENON1T experiment. This interaction is generated when the WIMP couples to a virtu…
Towards Reliable Nuclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless Decay
Javier Menéndez
The calculated nuclear matrix elements for the neutrinoless double-beta () decay suffer from several limitations. Predicted matrix-element values depend on the many-body meth…
Discriminating WIMP-nucleus response functions in present and future XENON-like direct detection experiments
A. Fieguth, M. Hoferichter, P. Klos +3
The standard interpretation of direct-detection limits on dark matter involves particular assumptions of the underlying WIMP-nucleus interaction, such as, in the simplest case, the…
Double Gamow-Teller transitions and its relation to neutrinoless decay
Noritaka Shimizu, Javier Menéndez, Kentaro Yako
We study the double Gamow-Teller (DGT) strength distribution of Ca with state-of-the-art large-scale nuclear shell model calculations. Our analysis shows that the centroid e…
Improved limits for Higgs-portal dark matter from LHC searches
Martin Hoferichter, Philipp Klos, Javier Menéndez +1
Searches for invisible Higgs decays at the Large Hadron Collider constrain dark matter Higgs-portal models, where dark matter interacts with the Standard Model fields via the Higgs…
Nuclear physics insights for new-physics searches using nuclei: Neutrinoless decay and dark matter direct detection
Javier Menéndez
Experiments using nuclei to probe new physics beyond the Standard Model, such as neutrinoless decay searches testing whether neutrinos are their own antiparticle, and direct d…
Uncertainties in constraining low-energy constants from H decay
P. Klos, A. Carbone, K. Hebeler +2
We discuss the uncertainties in constraining low-energy constants of chiral effective field theory from H decay. The half-life is very precisely known, so that the Gamow-Te…
Status and Future of Nuclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay: A Review
Jonathan Engel, Javier Menéndez
The nuclear matrix elements that govern the rate of neutrinoless double beta decay must be accurately calculated if experiments are to reach their full potential. Theorists have be…
Three-nucleon forces and spectroscopy of neutron-rich calcium isotopes
J. D. Holt, J. Menendez, J. Simonis +1
We study excited-state properties of neutron-rich calcium isotopes based on chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions. We first discuss the details of our many-body framework, inv…
Role of three-nucleon forces and many-body processes in nuclear pairing
J. D. Holt, J. Menendez, A. Schwenk
We present microscopic valence-shell calculations of pairing gaps in the calcium isotopes, focusing on the role of three-nucleon (3N) forces and many-body processes. In most cases,…
EUROnu-WP6 2010 Report
S. K. Agarwalla, E. Akhmedov, M. Blennow +28
This is a summary of the work done by the Working Package 6 (Physics) of the EU project "EUROnu" during the second year of activity of the project.
Three-body forces and proton-rich nuclei
J. D. Holt, J. Menéndez, A. Schwenk
We present the first study of three-nucleon (3N) forces for proton-rich nuclei along the N=8 and N=20 isotones. Our results for the ground-state energies and proton separation ener…
Chiral three-nucleon forces and bound excited states in neutron-rich oxygen isotopes
J. D. Holt, J. Menendez, A. Schwenk
We study the spectra of neutron-rich oxygen isotopes based on chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions. First, we benchmark our many-body approach by comparing ground-state energ…
Neutrinoless double beta decay in seesaw models
Mattias Blennow, Enrique Fernandez-Martinez, Jacobo Lopez-Pavon +1
We study the general phenomenology of neutrinoless double beta decay in seesaw models. In particular, we focus on the dependence of the neutrinoless double beta decay rate on the m…
Deformation and the Nuclear Matrix Elements of the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
J. Menendez, A. Poves, E. Caurier +1
In this talk I will review the "state of the art" of the calculations of the nuclear matrix elements (NME) of the neutrinoless double beta decays for the nuclei 48Ca, 76Ge, 82Se, 1…