Javier Menéndez Sánchez

Javier Menéndez Sánchez

Researcher Ramon i Cajal program

ORCID: 0000-0002-1355-4147
Scopus Author ID: 17434931300
Researcher ID: A-3533-2016

Research group: Física nuclear teòrica i de moltes partícules en interacció

Contact Information
Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics
Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica Universitat de Barcelona

javier.menendez(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Física . Universidad Complutense de Madrid . 09/2003 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Doctor en Física . Universidad Autónoma de Madrid . 06/03/2009 . (Ph.D.)

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports

Pablo Soriano Fajardo . (2020) . Impact of ultrasoft neutrinos and realistic radial wavefunctions on neutrinoless double-beta decay matrix elements (Master's Thesis) . Universidad de Sevilla / Universitat de Barcelona.
José Pablo Linares Fernández . (2020) . Analysis of the nuclear matrix elements of double β-decay in terms of the spin-isospin SU(4) symmetry (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.
Marc Anguera Perera . (2020) . Corrections to nuclear double-beta decay (Degree work) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Participation in projects

Contracte del Programa Ramon y Cajal . 2019 - 2024 . Ref.RYC-2017-22781 . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Arturo Polls Marti; Javier Menéndez Sánchez
Nuclear structure to unveil the nature of neutrinos and dark matter . 2018 - 2020 . Ref.KAKENHI-18K03639 . Japan Society for the Promotion of Science . PI: Javier Menéndez Sánchez
Precision nuclear calculations for dark matter searches, double-beta decay and exotic nuclei . 2014 - 2016 . Ref.KAKENHI-26·04323 . Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science . PI: Javier Menéndez / Takaharu Otsuka
Hacia la comprensión de la materia gobernada por la interacción fuerte: quarks, hadrones, núcleos y estrellas de neutrones . 2021 - 2024 . Ref.PID2020-118758GB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Assumpta Parreño Garcia; Javier Menéndez Sánchez
Mención de Excelencia Maria de Maetzu al Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB) . 2020 - 2023 . Ref.CEX2019-000918-M . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Jordi Miralda Escude; Josep Maria Paredes Poy; Carme Jordi Nebot; Licia Verde; Roberto Alejandro Emparan Garcia de Salazar; Eugeni Graugés Pous; Angels Ramos Gomez; David Gascon Fora; Francesc Xavier Luri Carrascoso

Journal Publications

Y. Iwata, N. Shimizu, T. Otsuka, Y. Utsuno, J. Menéndez, M. Honma and T. Abe (2016). Large-Scale Shell-Model Analysis of the Neutrinoless ββ Decay of 48Ca. Physical Review Letters, 116, p. 112502 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.112502 . ISSN: 0031-9007
Martin Hoferichter, Philipp Klos, Javier Menéndez, and Achim Schwenk (2017). Improved Limits for Higgs-Portal Dark Matter from LHC Searches. Physical Review Letters, 119, p. 181803 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.181803 . ISSN: 0031-9007
SEASTAR Collaboration, J. D. Holt, J. Menéndez, F. Nowacki, K. Ogata, T. Otsuka, S. Péru, A. Poves, A. Schwenk, J. Simonis, S. R. Stroberg and Y. tsunoda (2019). 78Ni revealed as a doubly magic stronghold against nuclear deformation. Nature, 569, p. 53 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1155-x . ISSN: 0028-0836
K. Hebeler; J.D. Holt; J. Menéndez; and A. Schwenk (2015). Nuclear Forces and Their Impact on Neutron-Rich Nuclei and Neutron-Rich Matter. Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 65, p. 457 . https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-nucl-102313-025446 . ISSN: 0163-8998
Jokiniemi, L.;Soriano, P.;Menéndez, J.; (2021). Impact of the leading-order short-range nuclear matrix element on the neutrinoless double-beta decay of medium-mass and heavy nuclei. Physics Letters B, 823, p. 136720 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136720 . ISSN: 0370-2693