@inproceedings{3177746,
    title = "Measuring nuclear reaction cross sections to extract information on
neutrinoless double beta decay",
    author = "Cavallaro, M. and Cappuzzello, F. and Agodi, C. and Acosta, L. and and Auerbach, N. and Bellone, J. and Bijker, R. and Bonanno, D. and and Bongiovanni, D. and Borello-Lewin, T. and Boztosun, I. and Branchina, V. and and Bussa, M. P. and Calabrese, S. and Calabretta, L. and Calanna, A. and and Calvo, D. and Carbone, D. and Chavez Lomeli, E. R. and Coban, A. and and Colonna, M. and D'Agostino, G. and De Geronimo, G. and Delaunay, F. and and Deshmukh, N. and de Faria, P. N. and Ferraresi, C. and Ferreira, J. L. and and Finocchiaro, P. and Fisichella, M. and Foti, A. and Gallo, G. and and Garcia, U. and Giraudo, G. and Greco, V. and Hacisalihoglu, A. and and Kotila, J. and Iazzi, F. and Introzzi, R. and Lanzalone, G. and Lavagno, and A. and La Via, F. and Lay, J. A. and Lenske, H. and Linares, R. and and Litrico, G. and Longhitano, F. and Lo Presti, D. and Lubian, J. and and Medina, N. and Mendes, D. R. and Muoio, A. and Oliveira, J. R. B. and and Pakou, A. and Pandola, L. and Petrascu, H. and Pinna, F. and Reito, S. and and Rifuggiato, D. and Rodrigues, M. R. D. and Russo, A. D. and Russo, and G. and Santagati, G. and Santopinto, E. and Sgouros, O. and Solakci, S. and O. and Souliotis, G. and Soukeras, V. and Spatafora, A. and Torresi, D. and and Tudisco, S. and Vsevolodovna, R. I. M. and Wheadon, R. J. and and Yildirin, A. and Zagatto, V. A. B.",
    year = "2018",
    publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd",
    booktitle = "12TH INTERNATIONAL SPRING SEMINAR ON NUCLEAR PHYSICS: CURRENT PROBLEMS
AND PROSPECTS FOR NUCLEAR STRUCTURE",
    doi = "10.1088/1742-6596/966/1/012021",
    abstract = "Neutrinoless double beta decay (0 nu beta beta) is considered the best
potential resource to access the absolute neutrino mass scale. Moreover,
if observed, it will signal that neutrinos are their own anti-particles
(Majorana particles). Presently, this physics case is one of the most
important research “beyond Standard Model” and might guide the way
towards a Grand Unified Theory of fundamental interactions.
Since the 0 nu beta beta decay process involves nuclei, its analysis
necessarily implies nuclear structure issues. In the NURE project,
supported by a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC),
nuclear reactions of double charge-exchange (DCE) are used as a tool to
extract information on the 0 nu beta beta Nuclear Matrix Elements. In
DCE reactions and beta beta decay indeed the initial and final nuclear
states are the same and the transition operators have similar structure.
Thus the measurement of the DCE absolute cross-sections can give crucial
information on beta beta matrix elements. In a wider view, the NUMEN
international collaboration plans a major upgrade of the INFN-LNS
facilities in the next years in order to increase the experimental
production of nuclei of at least two orders of magnitude, thus making
feasible a systematic study of all the cases of interest as candidates
for 0 nu beta beta."
}