Toward the discovery of matter creation with neutrinoless decay

M Agostini, G Benato, JA Detwiler, J Menéndez… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023‏ - APS
The discovery of neutrinoless β β decay could soon be within reach. This hypothetical
ultrarare nuclear decay offers a privileged portal to physics beyond the standard model of …

Status and future of nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay: a review

J Engel, J Menéndez - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The nuclear matrix elements that govern the rate of neutrinoless double beta decay must be
accurately calculated if experiments are to reach their full potential. Theorists have been …

Thick-restart block Lanczos method for large-scale shell-model calculations

N Shimizu, T Mizusaki, Y Utsuno, Y Tsunoda - Computer Physics …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
We propose a thick-restart block Lanczos method, which is an extension of the thick-restart
Lanczos method with the block algorithm, as an eigensolver of the large-scale shell-model …

The shell-model code NuShellX@ MSU

BA Brown, WDM Rae - Nuclear Data Sheets, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Use of the code NuShellX@ MSU is outlined. It connects to the ENSDF data files for
automatic comparisons to energy level data. Operator overlaps provide predictions for …

Quantum chaos and thermalization in isolated systems of interacting particles

F Borgonovi, FM Izrailev, LF Santos, VG Zelevinsky - Physics Reports, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This review is devoted to the problem of thermalization in a small isolated conglomerate of
interacting constituents. A variety of physically important systems of intensive current interest …

Nonempirical interactions for the nuclear shell model: an update

SR Stroberg, H Hergert, SK Bogner… - Annual Review of …, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
The nuclear shell model has perhaps been the most important conceptual and
computational paradigm for the understanding of the structure of atomic nuclei. While the …

The shell model as a unified view of nuclear structure

E Caurier, G Martínez-Pinedo, F Nowacki, A Poves… - Reviews of modern …, 2005‏ - APS
The last decade has witnessed both quantitative and qualitative progress in shell-model
studies, which have resulted in remarkable gains in our understanding of the structure of the …

Shedding light on nuclear aspects of neutrinoless double beta decay by heavy-ion double charge exchange reactions

F Cappuzzello, H Lenske, M Cavallaro, C Agodi… - Progress in Particle and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
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 in-medium similarity renormalization group: A novel ab initio method for nuclei

H Hergert, SK Bogner, TD Morris, A Schwenk… - Physics reports, 2016‏ - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive review of the In-Medium Similarity Renormalization Group (IM-
SRG), a novel ab initio method for nuclei. The IM-SRG employs a continuous unitary …

Mean field and beyond description of nuclear structure with the Gogny force: a review

LM Robledo, TR Rodríguez… - Journal of Physics G …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Nowadays, the Gogny force is a referent in the theoretical description of nuclear structure
phenomena. Its phenomenological character manifests in a simple analytical form that …