Experimental neutrino physics in a nuclear landscape

Abstract

There are profound connections between neutrino physics and nuclear experiments. Exceptionally precise measurements of single and double beta-decay spectra illuminate the scale and nature of neutrino mass and may finally answer the question of whether neutrinos are their own antimatter counterparts. Neutrino-nucleus scattering underpins oscillation experiments and probes nuclear structure, neutrinos offer a rare vantage point into collapsing stars and nuclear fission reactors, and techniques pioneered in neutrino nuclear-physics experiments are advancing quantum-sensing technologies. In this article, we review current and planned efforts at the intersection of neutrino and nuclear experiments.

Comments: 22 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Submitted as a contribution to "The liminal position of Nuclear Physics: from hadrons to neutron stars" issue of Philosophical Transactions A. v1: submitted version; v2: accepted version