Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements (Medex '09): Prague, Czech Republic, 15-19 June 2009

by Civitarese, Osvaldo; Stekl, Ivan; Suhonen, Jouni

• ISBN13: 9780735407213
• ISBN10: 0735407215
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-30
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Physics

Summary

The conference is devoted to the discussion of new theoretical and experimental results on the field of double beta decay processes. The interplay between theoretical and experimental results is crucial in order to determine the magnitude of the electron-neutrino mass and its properties.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
List of Participants	p. ix
Neutrino Scattering Off the Stable Even-Even Mo Isotopes	p. 1
Average and Recommended Half-life Values for Two Neutrino Double Beta Decay: Upgrade-09	p. 6
Calculation of Neutrinoless Double Decay Matrix Elements in the Interacting Boson Model	p. 16
Neutrinoless Double ß-Decay Nuclear Matrix Elements within the SRQRPA with Self-consistent Short Range Correlations	p. 21
SuperNEMO Project Status	p. 26
Nuclear Matrix Elements for Two-neutrino DBD in Te Isotopes	p. 30
MOON for Neutrinoless ßß Decays and ßß Nuclear Matrix Elements	p. 35
Charge-exchange Reactions and Nuclear Matrix Elements for ßß Decay	p. 40
Capturing Relic Neutrinos with ß- and Double ß-Decaying Nuclei	p. 50
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in the Microscopic Interacting Boson Model	p. 55
Weak Interaction Processes in Nuclei Involving Neutrinos and CDM Candidates	p. 61
0¿ ßß Decay: Theoretical Nuclear Matrix Elements and Their Covariances	p. 66
Single State Dominance and Other Issues Relevant to DBDME	p. 71
Forbidden Beta Decays of 96 Zr and 115in: Implications for Neutrino Physics	p. 76
Neutrino Physics with Thermal Detector	p. 81
Correlations and the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay	p. 86
Quadrupolar Correlations and Deformation Effects on Nuclear Transition Matrix Elements of Double-ß Decay	p. 91
Effect of Nuclear Deformation on Double Beta Decay	p. 97
Measurements of the 116Cd(p,n) and 116Sn(n,p) Reactions at 300 MeV for Studying Gamow-Teller Transition Strengths in the Intermediate Nucleus of the 116Cd Double-ß Decay	p. 102
Experiment TGV II-Results of Phases I and II	p. 107
Optimization of Neutron Shielding for the PICASSO Experiment	p. 112
Multipurpose Compact Spectrometric Unit	p. 177
Apparatus for the Measurement of 222Rn Diffusion	p. 121
Measuring Mass of Neutrinos with ß-Decays of Tritium and Rhenium	p. 125
Shell-Model Calculation of LSP-Nucleus Scattering for Medium-Heavy Nuclei	p. 130
Recent Results of the NEMO 3 Experiment	p. 135
The Interpretation of SN-¿ Signals in Terrestrial Experiments through the Folding Procedure	p. 140
Status of the COBRA Experiment	p. 145
Status of the SNO+ Experiment	p. 150
Author Index	p. 155
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