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

F Cappuzzello, C Agodi, M Cavallaro… - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
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 …

The MAGNEX spectrometer: Results and perspectives

F Cappuzzello, C Agodi, D Carbone… - The European Physical …, 2016 - Springer
This review discusses the main achievements and future perspectives of the MAGNEX
spectrometer at the INFN-LNS laboratory in Catania (Italy). MAGNEX is a large-acceptance …

Heavy-ion double charge exchange reactions: A tool toward nuclear matrix elements

F Cappuzzello, M Cavallaro, C Agodi, M Bondì… - The European Physical …, 2015 - Springer
The knowledge of the nuclear matrix elements for the neutrinoless double beta decay is
fundamental for neutrino physics. In this paper, an innovative technique to extract …

A Constrained Analysis of the 40Ca(18O,18F)40K Direct Charge Exchange Reaction Mechanism at 275 MeV

M Cavallaro, JI Bellone, S Calabrese… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The 40Ca (18O, 18F) 40K single charge exchange (SCE) reaction is explored at an incident
energy of 275 MeV and analyzed consistently by collecting the elastic scattering and …

Analysis of two-nucleon transfer reactions in the system at 306 MeV

D Carbone, JL Ferreira, S Calabrese, F Cappuzzello… - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
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 …

The NUMEN technical design report

F Cappuzzello, C Agodi, L Calabretta… - … Journal of Modern …, 2021 - World Scientific
NUMEN proposes an innovative technique to access the nuclear matrix elements entering
the expression of the lifetime of the double beta decay by cross-section measurements of …

-induced single-nucleon transfer reactions on at MeV within a multichannel analysis

S Calabrese, M Cavallaro, D Carbone, F Cappuzzello… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
Background: Nucleon transfer reactions are selective tools for nuclear physics
investigations. The theoretical and computational limits affecting in the past their data …

elastic and inelastic scattering at 275 MeV

L La Fauci, A Spatafora, F Cappuzzello, C Agodi… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
Background: An accurate description of the initial and final state interactions in the O 18+ Se
76 collision is demanded by the NUMEN project. The study of single and double charge …

Initial State Interaction for the 20Ne + 130Te and 18O + 116Sn Systems at 15.3 AMeV from Elastic and Inelastic Scattering Measurements

D Carbone, R Linares, P Amador-Valenzuela… - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
Double charge exchange (DCE) reactions could provide experimentally driven information
about nuclear matrix elements of interest in the context of neutrinoless double-β decay. To …

Long-range versus short-range correlations in the two-neutron transfer reaction

B Paes, G Santagati, RM Vsevolodovna, F Cappuzzello… - Physical Review C, 2017 - APS
Recently, various two-neutron transfer studies using the (O 18, O 16) reaction were
performed with a large success. This was achieved because of a combined use of the …