Abstract

The purpose of the present project is to bring together theorists who study the nuclear systems from
different perspectives with overlapping expertise in the methodologies, interaction models and
possible applications, ranging from fundamental symmetries and Physics beyond the Standard Model
(BSM) to applied research in nuclear medicine.
The research team is articulated in 6 independent units which collaborate, producing in some cases
joint publications, providing a favorable environment for the growth of PhD students and young post-
docs.
The interactions of nucleons among themselves and with electroweak probes as derived from the
Effective Field Theory (EFT) paradigm build the common ground of the initiative. The possibility of
solving without approximations the dynamical equations for few-nucleon systems makes them the
ideal laboratory to implement and refine the above interactions. Furthermore, since most of the
experiments to probe BSM physics, from long-baseline neutrino experiments to neutrinoless double
beta decay and dark matter searches, involve medium-heavy nuclei, it is also essential to deal with
the complexities arising in heavier systems, using effective theories such as Hartree-Fock and
Random Phase Approximation (RPA) methods or the nuclear shell model. Thus, this project
constitutes a bridge between few-body and many-body nuclear systems, envisaging also benchmarks
among different approaches.