SAIP2016

Nuclear structure studies relevant to double beta decay of 136Xe

7 Jul 2016, 11:30

20m

4A (Kramer Law building)

Oral Presentation Track B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics (1)

Speaker

Bernadette Rebeiro (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Please indicate whether<br>this abstract may be<br>published online<br>(Yes / No)

Yes

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Smarajit Triambak, smarajit@gmail.com, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, N/A)?

PhD

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Presently there is significant interest to experimentally observe neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decays. This exotic decay mode, observed in a few isotopes over the nuclear chart, would signify physics beyond the current standard model. A measured 0νββ rate can further be used to determine the effective neutrino mass. A major difficulty in extracting the neutrino mass from the decay rate arises from the uncertainties associated with the matrix element calculated for the decay.

In this talk I present the results from ¹³⁸Ba(p,t) and the ¹³⁸Ba(d,a) transfer reactions performed using a high resolution spectrometer to provide useful spectroscopic information for matrix element calculations in ¹³⁶Xe ββ decay.

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

No