Conveners
Session 8: Mixed Topics
- Smarajit Triambak (University of Western Cape)
nEXO is a next-generation experiment that aims to observe the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe to $^{136}$Ba. The experiment will use 5 tonnes of liquid xenon (LXe) enriched to 90% in $^{136}$Xe in a single-phase, monolithic time projection chamber (TPC). Ionization electrons and scintillation light will be detected with a segmented anode and an array of VUV-sensitive silicon...
The physics of neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay has important implications on particle physics, cosmology and fundamental physics. It is the most promising process to access the effective neutrino mass. To determine quantitative information from the possible measurement of the 0νββ decay half-lives, the knowledge of the Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) involved in the transition is...
The study of the total cross sections for the reactions involving neutron-rich weakly bound nuclei makes it possible to obtain information on their structure (halo, skin, clustering, etc.) and its manifestation in nuclear reactions.
For example, the outer neutrons of the ${}^9$Li nucleus with an energy of separation of 4 MeV have a compact space distribution that may be called skin. The...
