The discovery of neutrino masses through the observation of oscillations boosted the
importance of neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ). In this paper, we review the main …

The article describes the main achievements of the NUMEN project together with an
updated and detailed overview of the related R&D activities and theoretical developments …

This review discusses the main achievements and future perspectives of the MAGNEX
spectrometer at the INFN-LNS laboratory in Catania (Italy). MAGNEX is a large-acceptance …

The status and prospects of heavy ion charge exchange reactions are reviewed. Their
important role for nuclear reaction, nuclear structure, and beta-decay investigations is …

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a compound semiconductor, which is considered as a possible
alternative to silicon for particles and photons detection. Its characteristics make it very …

NUMEN proposes an innovative technique to access the nuclear matrix elements entering
the expression of the lifetime of the double beta decay by cross-section measurements of …

We introduce the formalism to describe heavy-ion double-charge-exchange (DCE)
processes in the eikonal approximation. We focus on the low-momentum-transfer limit …

Recently, various two-neutron transfer studies using the (O 18, O 16) reaction were
performed with a large success. This was achieved because of a combined use of the …

The search for neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay is currently a key topic in physics, due
to its possible wide implications for nuclear physics, particle physics, and cosmology. The …

Background: Double charge exchange (DCE) nuclear reactions have recently attracted
much interest as tools to provide experimentally driven information about nuclear matrix …