Program and Working Groups

All times are Eastern Standard

Day 1: Background Information

11:00 - Welcome -- W. Nazarewicz
11:05 - NSF perspective -- B. Mihaila
11:15 - Experimental context -- J. Gruszko
12:00 - DBD topical collaboration accomplishments -- J. Engel
12:45 - Lunch break
2:00 - BAND context-short comment -- D. Phillips
2:20 - Discussion 1: Recent developments -- Lead: H. Hergert
3:20 - Discussion 2: Uncertainty quantification -- Leads: W. Nazarewicz and K. Wendt
4:30 - Adjourn

Day 2: White Paper Discussion and Assignments

11:00 - Welcome and review of the day’s agenda and objectives -- W. Nazarewicz
11:10 - Breakout-room discussions of working groups
12:30 - Lunch break
1:30 - Discussion (open): Physics for the future and needs -- Leader: J. Engel
3:00 - Discussion (open): UQ for the future and needs -- Leaders: D. Phillips and D. Furnstahl
4:00 - Break
4:30 - Integrating information. Structuring report. Organizing writing effort.
5:30 - Closing remarks
5:40 - Adjourn

Working Groups

  • A: EFTs for relating lepton-number-violating theories at high scales to nucleonic double-beta operators - Leader: V. Cirigliano
  • B: Lattice QCD for determination of double-beta operators - Leader: A. Nicholson
  • C: Nuclear structure theory for comptation of double-beta matrix elements in elements used (or potentially used) in experiments - Leader: R. Stroberg