We review the status and prospects of heavy-ion double charge exchange (HI-DCE)
reactions. Their important role for nuclear reaction, nuclear structure and double beta-decay …

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 …

Background: A systematic exploration of one-nucleon transfer reactions induced by the (O
18, F 19) and (O 18, O 17) reactions on different targets (C 12, O 16, Al 27, Ca 40, Ti 48, Se …

Background: Single-charge-exchange reactions are appropriate tools to study the nuclear
response to one-particle/one-hole isospin probes, gaining additional interest from the …

Particle identification techniques are fundamental tools in nuclear physics experiments.
Discriminating particles or nuclei produced in nuclear interactions allows to better …

Two-nucleon transfer reactions are essential tools to investigate specific features of the
nuclear structure, such as the correlation among valence particles in the transfer process …

The 40Ca (18O, 18F) 40K single charge exchange (SCE) reaction is explored at an incident
energy of 275 MeV and analyzed consistently by collecting the elastic scattering and …

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 …

Background: Charge-exchange (CE) reactions offer a major opportunity to excite nuclear
isovector modes, providing important clues about the nuclear interaction in the medium …

Background: Heavy-ion induced two-nucleon transfer reactions are powerful tools to reveal
peculiar aspects of the atomic nucleus, such as pairing correlations, single-particle and …