Speaker
Ms
BERNADETTE REBEIRO
(UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA)
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 of 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, SOUTH AFRICA)
Co-authors
Ms
Alejandra DIAZ VARELA
(University of Guelph)
Ms
Allison RADICH
(University of Guelph)
Mr
Badamsambuu JIGMEDDORJ
(University of Guelph)
Ms
Christina BURBADGE
(University of Guelph)
Mr
Evan RAND
(University of Guelph)
Mr
Gordon BALL
(TRIUMF)
Mr
Hans WIRTH
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen)
Mr
JESPERE ONDZE
(UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA)
Mr
Kyle LEACH
(Colorado School of Mines)
Mr
Paul GARRETT
(University of Guelph)
Mr
Philip ADSLEY
(iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Nucleaire d'Orsay)
Mr
Ralph HERTENBERGER
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen)
Mr
Robert LINDSAY
(University of the Western Cape)
Mr
Smarajit TRIAMBAK
(University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
Mr
Thomas FAESTERMANN
(Technische Universitat Munchen)
Dr
Vinzenz Bildstein
(University of Guelph)
Ms
Zandile MABIKA
(University of the Western Cape)
