School
Theory Meets Experiments
"Neutrinoless double beta decay: the experimental programme and its fundamental and nuclear theory
connections"
Nov 11, 2024 - Nov 22, 2024
Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a Standard Model (SM) forbidden process which allows for a transition of a parent nucleus into a nucleus with proton number larger by two units, and the simultaneous emission of two electrons. Its observation would have fundamental implications for neutrino physics (because, from measurements, one can extract fundamental neutrino mass parameters) and, more in general, for theories beyond the SM. The aim of the school is two-fold: on the theory side, we will aim to supply the theoretical tools to understand this process, to discuss the implications of various beyond the SM theories as well as of the nuclear physics problems that affect the predictions of the decay half-life. On the experimental side attendants will be given an in-depth description of the current experimental situation for 0νββ and, more in general, will see an example at work of semiconducting diodes, bolometers, read-out set-ups for noble liquid scintillators. We will also show how we deal with experimental issues related to improving the sensitivity for a very rare process in underground laboratories, particularly radiogenic and cosmogenic backgrounds, and the way current and future experiments intend to mitigate their effect.
Topics
Theory of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (Claudia Hagedorn, IFIC Valencia)
Theory of Nuclear Matrix Elements (Luigi Coraggio, Universita' degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli)
Experimental observables and backgrounds and search with bolometers (Maura Pavan, Milano Bicocca University and INFN)
Experimental programme with Ge diodes (Riccardo Brugnera, Padova University and INFN)
Experimental searches with Xenon (J.J. Gomez Cadenas, Donostia International Physics Center and Ikerbasque, Spain)
Heavy neutrino searches and related LFV searches at colliders (M. Saimpert, U. Paris Saclay and CEA, Paris)
For organizational purposes we kindly ask all applicants to indicate in the comments whether they are theorists or experimentalists and, in the second case, to specify the experimental collaborations they are part of.
Notice that:
- The school does not have a participation fee
- Selected participants are entitled to financial support. The school offers full accommodation in the form of a hotel room, booked directly by the GGI housing service, plus free lunches at the GGI canteen
- Participants will have to cover the travel to and from Florence and dinners by their own, instead.
Organizers
Claudia Hagedorn (IFIC, Valencia)
Davide Meloni (University of Roma Tre and INFN)
Giuseppe Salamanna (University of Roma Tre and INFN)
Contact
davide.meloni@uniroma3.it
giuseppe.salamanna@roma3.infn.it

Talks
Date | Speaker | Title | Type | Useful Links | ||||
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Nov 11, 2024 - 08:45-09:00 | Welcome | Introduction | ||||||
Nov 11, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Claudia Hagedorn | Theory of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay - Lecture I | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 11, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | Maura Pavan | Experimental observables and backgrounds and search with bolometers - Lecture I | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 11, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | Maura Pavan | Tutoring (Intro to 0n2b expt, Pavan) | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 12, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Claudia Hagedorn | Theory of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay - Lecture I I | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 12, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | Maura Pavan | Experimental observables and backgrounds and search with bolometers - Lecture II | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 12, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | Penedo | Tutoring | Lecture | |||||
Nov 13, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Claudia Hagedorn | Theory of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay - Lecture III | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 13, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | Maura Pavan | Experimental observables and backgrounds and search with bolometers - Lecture III | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 13, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | Maura Pavan | Tutoring - Bolometers | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 14, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Luigi Coraggio | Theory of Nuclear Matrix Elements - Lecture I | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 14, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | Claudia Hagedorn | heory of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay - Lecture IV | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 14, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | Penedo | Tutoring | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 15, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Luigi Coraggio | Theory of Nuclear Matrix Elements - Lecture II | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 15, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | Penedo | Tutoring | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 15, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | Gong show - 10 minutes talks by the students | Introduction | Bonus material | |||||
Nov 18, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Riccardo Brugnera | Experimental programme with Ge diodes - Lecture I | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 18, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | J.J. Gomez Cadenas | Experimental searches with Xenon - Lecture I part I | Lecture | Slides | Video | |||
Nov 18, 2024 - 12:30-13:00 | J.J. Gomez Cadenas | Experimental searches with Xenon - Lecture I part II | Lecture | Slides | Video | |||
Nov 18, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | Valerio D'Andrea | Tutoring | Lecture | Slides | Video | |||
Nov 19, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Riccardo Brugnera | Experimental programme with Ge diodes - Lecture II | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 19, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | J.J. Gomez Cadenas | Experimental searches with Xenon - Lecture III | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 19, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | J.J. Gomez Cadenas | Tutoring | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 20, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Riccardo Brugnera | Experimental programme with Ge diodes - Lecture III | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 20, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | J.J. Gomez Cadenas | Experimental searches with Xenon - Lecture IV | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 20, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | Valerio D'Andrea | Tutoring | Lecture | |||||
Nov 21, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | Riccardo Brugnera | Methods to measure radioactivity - Lecture | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 21, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | M. Saimpert | Heavy neutrino searches and related LFV searches at colliders - Lecture I | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 21, 2024 - 14:00-16:00 | "Gong show" 10 min talks by the students | Introduction | ||||||
Nov 22, 2024 - 09:00-10:30 | M. Saimpert | Heavy neutrino searches and related LFV searches at colliders - Lecture II | Lecture | Video | ||||
Nov 22, 2024 - 11:00-12:30 | Pavel Fileviez Perez | On the Origin of Neutrino Masses | Seminar | Slides | Video |