The discovery of neutrinoless β β decay could soon be within reach. This hypothetical
ultrarare nuclear decay offers a privileged portal to physics beyond the standard model of …

Nuclear shape coexistence is the phenomenon in which distinct shapes occur within the
same nucleus and at a similar energy. In this work, we provide an overview of the …

In this review article we discuss the present status of direct nuclear reactions and the nuclear
structure aspects one can study with them. We discuss the spectroscopic information we can …

We study two-neutrino (2 ν β β) and neutrinoless double-β (0 ν β β) decays in the nuclear
shell model and proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) …

Background: Even-even isotopes of Mo (Z= 42) and Ru (Z= 44) are nuclei close to the
subshell closure at Z= 40, where shape coexistence plays a significant role. As a result, their …

Neutrinos are the only particles in the Standard Model that could be Majorana fermions, that
is, completely neutral fermions that are their own antiparticles. The most sensitive known …

Hadronic charge-exchange reactions of the type (n, p) and (p, n) at intermediate energies
between roughly 100 and 300MeV per nucleon have gained in importance over the last 25 …

Deuteron stripping and pick-up experiments-(d, p) and (p, d)-have been used for a long time
to study the structure of nuclei. Today these experiments are often carried out in inverse …

The nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double-β decay for nuclei Ge 76, Se 82, Mo
100, Te 130, and Nd 150 are studied within the triaxial projected shell model, which …

The uncertainty in the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) of 0 ν β β decay for Ge 76, Se 82, Te
128, Te 130, and Xe 136 in the self-consistent quasiparticle random phase approximation …