L. La Fauci
A5039365464- Nuclear physics research studies
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Muon and positron interactions and applications
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
2019-2024
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
2019-2023
University of Catania
2019-2023
Campbell Collaboration
2021
Karadeniz Technical University
2020
Background: Single-charge-exchange reactions are appropriate tools to study the nuclear response one-particle/one-hole isospin probes, gaining additional interest from connection beta decay. This analogy has been recently extended second order, connecting double-charge-exchange and double decays. Nowadays, availability of powerful experimental setups advanced theories models allows one access precious information on key structure aspects embedded in widely sought neutrinoless decay.Purpose:...
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 collective degrees freedom, more. Also, these processes in competition with direct meson exchange double charge reactions, which have recently attracted great interest due their possible connection neutrinoless double-\ensuremath{\beta} decay. In this framework, exploration $^{20}\mathrm{Ne}+^{116}\mathrm{Cd}$...
The 40 Ca( 18 O, F) K single charge exchange (SCE) reaction is explored at an incident energy of 275 MeV and analyzed consistently by collecting the elastic scattering inelastic data under same experimental conditions. Full quantum-mechanical SCE calculations direct mechanism are performed including microscopic nuclear structure inputs adopting either a bare optical potential or coupled channel equivalent polarization (CCEP) constrained data. describes magnitude shape angular distributions...
Two-nucleon transfer reactions are essential tools to investigate specific features of the nuclear structure, such as correlation among valence particles in process. Besides, may be an important channel take into account charge-exchange processes since they can represent a competing contribution final cross section. The two-proton pickup reaction $^{40}\mathrm{Ca}(^{18}\mathrm{O},^{20}\mathrm{Ne})\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}^{38}\mathrm{Ar}$ has been measured at 270 MeV, and angular...
Background: Charge-exchange (CE) reactions offer a major opportunity to excite nuclear isovector modes, providing important clues about the interaction in medium. Moreover, double charge-exchange are proving be tempting tool access transition matrix elements (NMEs) related beta-decay processes. The latter also of crucial importance extract neutrino properties from half-life hypothetical neutrinoless beta decay and search for physics beyond standard model.Purpose: Through multichannel...
Purpose: We want to analyze transitions low-lying excited states of the residual and ejectile nuclei in 76Se(18O, 17O) 77Se one-neutron stripping reaction at 275-MeV incident energy determine role single-particle core excitation description measured cross sections. In addition, we explore sensitivity calculated section different nuclear structure models. Methods: The spectrum differential cross-section angular distributions are using MAGNEX large acceptance magnetic spectrometer for...
Single-nucleon transfer reactions are processes that selectively probe single-particle components of the populated many-body nuclear states. In this context, recent efforts have been made to build a unified description rich spectroscopy accessible in heavy-ion collisions. An example multichannel approach is study competition between successive nucleon and charge exchange reactions, latter being particular interest context single double beta decay studies. To extent, one-proton pickup...
Double charge exchange (DCE) reactions could provide experimentally driven information about nuclear matrix elements of interest in the context neutrinoless double-β decay. To achieve this goal, a detailed description reaction mechanism is mandatory. This requires full characterization initial and final-state interactions, which are poorly known for many projectile-target systems involved future DCE studies. Among these, we intend to study 20Ne + 130Te 18O 116Sn at 15.3 AMeV, particularly...
Neutrinos are so far the most elusive known particles, and in last decades many sophisticated experiments have been set up order to clarify several questions about their intrinsic nature, particular masses, mass hierarchy, nature of Majorana or Dirac particles. Evidence Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay (NDBD) would prove that neutrinos thus improving understanding universe itself. Besides search for large underground direct experimental detection NDBD, NUMEN experiment proposes investigation a...
Background: Nucleon transfer reactions are selective tools for nuclear physics investigations. The theoretical and computational limits affecting in the past their data analysis could be nowadays surmounted thanks to advent of methods with refined approximations constraints, even when heavy-ion collisions considered.Purpose: Modern microscopic calculations heavy-ion-induced combined precise experimental offer chance accurately testing different reaction models as well structure description...
Background: An accurate description of the initial and final state interactions in $^{18}\mathrm{O}+^{76}\mathrm{Se}$ collision is demanded by NUMEN project. The study single double charge exchange nuclear reactions main purpose for NUMEN, since these can be used as tools to provide experimentally driven information about matrix elements interest context neutrinoless double-$\ensuremath{\beta}$ decay. To date, details optical potentials response isospin operators many projectile-target...
The 130Te(20Ne,20O)130Xe double charge exchange reaction was measured for the first time at very forward angles with MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer INFN-LNS. study, performed beam energy of 306 MeV, is part a systematic exploration promoted by NUMEN project. last aims to measure specific cross sections provide experimentally driven information about nuclear matrix elements interest in context neutrinoless beta decay.
Background: Single-charge-exchange reactions are among the most appropriate nuclear tools to study response of systems isovector interaction. Nowadays, availability powerful experimental setups and advanced models bring possibility complete reaction mechanisms involved in reactions, also case heavy projectiles. This new allows one access valuable information on key structure aspects, including those embedded widely searched neutrinoless double-𝛽 decay. Purpose: We intend elucidate main...
Background: In our recent experiment, $^{9}\mathrm{Be}+p$ at $5.67A$ MeV, the breakup decay rates to three configurations, $\ensuremath{\alpha}+\ensuremath{\alpha}+n, ^{8}\mathrm{Be}^{*}+n$ and $^{5}\mathrm{He}+^{4}\mathrm{He}$ of $^{9}\mathrm{Be}$, were observed quantified in proton recoil spectra, a full kinematics approach. Unfolding step by accessibility above it will require similar experiments lower or/and higher energies. It also interpretation data theoretical framework. Three-body...
Abstract The pygmy dipole resonance (PDR) thus far has been described microscopically as a cluster of 1 − states around the neutron separation energy (S n ). This study is an attempt to probe nature PDR, specifically single-particle or collective character these states. One-step transfer reactions represents good for this due their selectivity in exciting 97 Mo(p,d) 96 Mo and 95 Mo(d,p) reactions, were used populate nucleus interest. experiment was conducted at INFN-LNS facility Catania,...
The NUMEN project aims at accessing experimentally driven information on Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) involved in the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay (0υββ), by high-accuracy measurements cross sections Heavy Ion (HI) induced Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reactions. Particular interest is given to (18O,18Ne) and (20Ne,20O) reactions as tools for β+ β−β− decays, respectively. First evidence about possibility get quantitative NME from experiments found both kind In experiments,...
Abstract Heavy-ion one-nucleon transfer reactions are promising tools to investigate single-particle configurations in nuclear states, with and without the excitation of core degrees freedom. An accurate determination spectroscopic amplitudes these is essential for study other direct as well beta-decays. In this context, 76 Se( 18 O, 17 O) 77 Se one-neutron reaction gives a quantitative access relevant single particle orbitals polarization transitions built on Se. This particularly relevant,...
The 4 He( He, He) He * inelastic scattering was revisited in a new coincidence measurement at the MAGNEX facility of Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – Laboratori Nazionali del Sud. + → 3 H 1 and n reactions were measured simultaneously by detecting particles magnetic spectrometer with OSCAR silicon telescope. main concept experiment is described data reduction strategy reported.
NUMEN aims at accessing experimentally driven information on Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) involved in the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ), by high-accuracy measurements cross sections Heavy Ion (HI) induced Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reactions. First evidence about possibility to get quantitative NME from experiments is found for (^18O,^18Ne) and (^20Ne,^20O) Moreover, infer neutrino average masses possible measurement 0νββ decay, knowledge a crucial aspect. The key...
Abstract The NUMEN project aims at accessing experimentally driven information on Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) involved in the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ). In this view measurements Heavy Ion (HI) induced Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reaction cross sections are performed with high-accuracy. particular, ( 18 O, Ne) and 20 Ne, O) reactions used as tools for β+β+ β - decays, respectively. experiments, INFN Laboratory Nazionali del Sud (LNS) Catania, beams accelerated by...
Abstract Neutrinoless double beta decay of nuclei, if observed, would have important implications on fundamental physics. In particular it give access to the effective neutrino mass. order extract such information from 0νββ half-life measurements, knowledge Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) is utmost importance. this context NUMEN and NURE projects aim NME by measuring cross sections Double Charge Exchange reactions in selected systems which are expected spontaneously via 0νββ. work an overview...
Two-nucleon transfer reactions are essential tools to investigate specific features of the nuclearstructure such as correlation among valence particles in process. Besides, may be an important channel take into account charge exchange processes since they can represent a competing contribution final cross section. The two-proton pickup reaction 40Ca(18O,20Ne)38Ar has been measured at 270 MeV and angular distributions for transitions different excited states extracted. This work shows...