Speaker
Ms
Bernadette Rebeiro
(University of the Western Cape)
Description
In addition to establishing the Majorana nature of neutrinos, obtaining the absolute neutrino mass scale is now the focus of several large-scale neutrinoless double beta decay experiments. The current challenge in determining the neutrino mass accurately depends on the calculation of nuclear matrix elements
(NME's) in the select nuclei where these decays can take place. It is well known that the dominating uncertainties in the calculated NME values arise from the model dependence of these calculations.
In this talk, we will present some recent experimental results using high-resolution spectroscopy from 136,138Ba(p,t) and 138Ba(d,a) reactions that will be useful for future NME calculations for the double beta decay of 136Xe -> 136Ba.
Primary author
Ms
Bernadette Rebeiro
(University of the Western Cape)
Co-authors
S. Triambak
(University of the Western Cape)
Mr
Jespere Ondze
(University of the Western Cape)
Paul Garrett
(University of Guelph)
Robert Lindsay
(University of the Western Cape)
Philip Adsley
(iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay)
Christina BURBADGE
(University of Guelph)
Gordon Ball
(TRIUMF)
Vinzenz Bildstein
(University of Guelph)
Alejandra DIAZ VARELA
(University of Guelph)
Thomas FAESTERMANN
(Technische Universitat Munchen)
Ralf HERTENBERGER
((Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen)
Badamsambuu JIGMEDDORJ
(University of Guelph)
Kyle Leach
(Colorado School of Mines)
Zandile MABIKA
(University of the Western Cape)
Allison RADICH
(University of Guelph)
Evan Rand
(University of Guelph)
Hans-Friedrich Wirth
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen)
