Experimental neutrino physics in a nuclear landscape

TL;DR

This paper reviews the intersection of neutrino physics and nuclear experiments, highlighting how precise measurements and scattering studies advance understanding of neutrino properties, nuclear structure, and related technologies.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current and planned experiments at the nexus of neutrino and nuclear physics, emphasizing recent advances and future directions.

Findings

Precise beta-decay measurements inform neutrino mass and nature.

Neutrino-nucleus scattering underpins oscillation research and nuclear structure studies.

Neutrino experiments are advancing quantum-sensing technologies.

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.