Speaker
Jespere Calderone Nzobadila Ondze
(University of the Western Cape)
Description
The massive nature of neutrinos opens the possibility that they could be Majorana fermions (the neutrino being the same as its antiparticle). The observation of a neutrinoless double beta (0&nußß) decay will validate this possibility and its measured decay rate will determine the absolute neutrino mass scale. However, if the latter were observed, there still exists a large uncertainty on the calculated transition matrix elements for double beta decay candidates that will affect the determination of the neutrino mass.Having a better understanding of the structure of these nuclei greatly help constrain these calculations. In this poster we describe the study of (p,t) reactions on 136Ba and 138Ba initiated at the University of the Western Cape in order to obtain useful nuclear structure information for the double beta decay matrix element calculations of 136Xe to 136Ba.
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Smarajit Triambak, smarajit@gmail.com,University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
No
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
Yes
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, N/A)?
MSc
Primary author
Jespere Calderone Nzobadila Ondze
(University of the Western Cape)
Co-authors
Alejandra Diaz Varela
(University of Guelph)
Badamsambuu JIGMEDDORJ
((University of Guelph))
Bernadette Rebeiro
(University of the Western Cape)
Christina Burbadge
(University of Guelph)
Gordon Ball
(TRIUMF)
Hans Wirth
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen)
Kyle LEACH,
((Colorado School of Mines))
Paul Garrett
(University of Guelph)
Ralph Hertenberger
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen)
Smarajit Triambak
(University of the Western Cape)
Thomas Faestermann
(Technische Universitat Munchen)
Vinzenz Bildstein
(University of Guelph)
Zandile Mabika
(University of the Western Cape)
