The NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay (2nd edition)

Cappuzzello, F.; Agodi, C.; Calvo, D.; Carbone, D.; Cavallaro, M.; Colonna, M.; Giovannini, M.; Linares, R.; Oliveira, J.R.B.; Pandola, L.; Pierroutsakou, D.; Russo, A.D.; Santopinto, E.; Soukeras, V.; Spatafora, A.; Torresi, D.; Tudisco, S.; Acosta, L.; Added, N.; de Aguiar, V.A.P.; Amador-Valenzuela, P.; Anastasio, A.; Auerbach, N.; Avanzi, L.H.; Ayyad, Y.; Babu, R.; Bellone, J.I.; Bijker, R.; Boiano, A.; BOZTOSUN, İSMAİL; Brasolin, S.; Brischetto, G.A.; Cabo Landeira, C.; Cairone, N.; Calabrese, S.; Campajola, L.; Cardozo, E.N.; Challa, K.; Chávez-Lomelí, E.R.; Chinaglia, E.F.; Ciraldo, I.; Comite, A.; Cortesi, M.; Costa, K.M.; Dapo, H.; De Benedictis, C.; De Gregorio, G.; Delaunay, F.; Donaldson, L.M.; Dumitrache, F.; Ferraresi, C.; Ferreira, J.L.; Fisichella, M.; Gambacurta, D.; Gandolfo, E.M.; Garcia-Tecocoatzi, H.; Gargano, A.; Garofalo, C.; Gleason, R.; Guazzelli, M.A.; Hacisalihoglu, A.; Huerta Hernandez, A.; Izzo, V.; Khumalo, T.C.; Koulouris, S.; Kucuk, YASEMİN; La Fauci, L.; Lay, J.A.; Lenske, H.; Lombardo, C.; López González, J.M.; Lubian, J.; Marín-Lámbarri, D.J.; Mas-Ruiz, J.; Masunaga, S.A.; Medina, N.H.; Moralles, M.; Neri, L.; Neveling, R.; Pagliero, M.; Pakou, A.; Palli, K.; Pandalone, A.; Panero, R.; Pappalardo, L.; Paterna, M.; Pellegri, L.; Persiani, R.; Petrascu, H.; Pietralla, N.; Pinna, F.; Pitronaci, A.; Sandoval, S.; Santarelli, T.M.; Santos, R.B.B.; Sartirana, D.; Schervenin, J.V.; Sgouros, O.; Solakci, SELÇUK; Souliotis, G.; Thang, T.L.; Urazbekov, B.; Valencia, C.; Valinotto, I.; Vanzanella, A.; Vsevolodovna, R.I.M.; Yildirim, A.; Zagatto, V.A.B.

doi:10.1140/epja/s10050-026-01911-7

The NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay (2nd edition)

Cappuzzello F., Agodi C., Calvo D., Carbone D., Cavallaro M., Colonna M., ...Daha Fazla

European Physical Journal A, cilt.62, sa.7, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
Cilt numarası: 62 Sayı: 7
Basım Tarihi: 2026
Doi Numarası: 10.1140/epja/s10050-026-01911-7
Dergi Adı: European Physical Journal A
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Compendex, INSPEC, zbMATH, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Engineering Source (EBSCO), Materials Science & Engineering Collection (ProQuest), Technology Collection (ProQuest)
Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article presents the main achievements of the NUMEN project, together with an updated and detailed overview of the associated R&D activities and theoretical advances. It essentially represents the second edition of the review article [Eur. Phys. J. A 54 (2018) 72], with a particular focus on the most significant results obtained in recent years.NUMEN is primarily devoted to the investigation of nuclear double charge exchange (DCE) reactions induced in heavy-ion collisions at beam energies above the Coulomb barrier. These reactions are of great interest for exploring the largely unexplored rank-2 isotensor effects in bound nuclear systems under controlled laboratory conditions.Within this context, NUMEN introduces a promising approach to access the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) that govern the lifetime of neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ).The article reports detailed aspects of the theoretical framework developed by the NUMEN collaboration to extract the relevant nuclear structure information from measured DCE cross sections. The first experimental measurements carried out at the INFN-LNS laboratory have provided encouraging evidence of the method’s potential to yield quantitative information relevant to 0νββ-decay NMEs. Nevertheless, the extremely small values of the DCE cross sections, combined with the stringent resolution requirements, have necessitated a major upgrade of the INFN-LNS infrastructure to achieve luminosities far exceeding those previously attainable. The ongoing upgrade program, carried out within the NUMEN project to meet these demanding requirements, is also discussed in the article.