Volume 3138: Workshop on the Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements

Summary of this volume: The MEDEX (Matrix Elements for the Double beta decay EXperiments) conference is dedicated to the presentation of different methods of nuclear matrix elements (NME) calculations in connection with the nuclear double beta decay processes.

Several double beta decay experiments have been taking data with quantities of enriched isotopes around or above 100 kg and plans are under way for tonne-scale experiments. These efforts revolve around several isotopes and use a broad array of detection techniques (KamLAND-Zen, SNO+, EXO-200/nEXO, NEXT, LEGEND (GERDA + Majorana), CUORE, CUPID, SuperNEMO, COBRA,...). Experiments of such scale make enormous demands on the progress and reliability of the nuclear matrix elements calcu-lations. Also the research in the field of special modes of ??, such as ?+?+ or 2?ECEC starts to be more and more interesting from experimental and theoretical points of view (e.g. COBRA, TGV,...). Further de-velopment of the theory of such processes is crucial for continuation of the experimental activities in this field.

The extended scope of the MEDEX conference included other areas where the same sort of techniques are applied, namely: in dark matter detection, rare electroweak decays, and in neutrino-nucleus scatter-ing processes.

MEDEX was organized by the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic); by the University of La Plata (La Plata, Argentina), and by the University of Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä, Finland), and it has been presented each second year since 1997.

These proceedings will be of interest to: experimental and theoretical nuclear structure physicists and particle and astroparticle physicists.

For further information about this volume: Please view the table of contents available on AIP Publishing's Scitation platform: Volume 3138 table of contents.