4-8 July 2016
Kramer Law building
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
<a href="http://events.saip.org.za/internalPage.py?pageId=10&confId=86">The Proceedings of SAIP2016</a> published on 24 December 2017

Nuclear structure studies relevant to double beta decay of 136Xe

7 Jul 2016, 11:30
20m
4A (Kramer Law building)

4A

Kramer Law building

UCT Middle Campus Cape Town
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)

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

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

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

Yes

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No

Abstract content <br> &nbsp; (Max 300 words)<br><a href="http://events.saip.org.za/getFile.py/access?resId=0&materialId=0&confId=34" target="_blank">Formatting &<br>Special chars</a>

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.

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

PhD

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

Yes

Primary author

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

Co-authors

Alejandra Diaz Varela (University of Guelph) Allison Radich (University of Guelph) Badamsambuu Jigmeddorj (University of Guelph) Christina Burbadge (University of Guelph) Evan Rand (University of Guelph) Gordon Ball (TRIUMF) Hans Wirth (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Kyle Leach (Colorado School of Mines) Paul Garrett (University of Guelph) Philip Adsley (iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences and University of Stellenbosch) Ralph Hertenberger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Robert Lindsay (University of the Western Cape) Smarajit Triambak (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) Thomas FAESTERMANN (Technische Universitat Munchen) Vinzenz Bildstein (University of Guelph) Zandile Mabika (University of the Western Cape)

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