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Allowed $\beta$-decay spectrum with numerical electron wave functions

Nuclear Theory 2019-07-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Using numerical electron wave functions and state-of-the-art nuclear many-body methods, I evaluate the β\beta-decay spectra for typical decay channels of spherical nuclei. I check errors brought by various approximations used for deriving the analytical shape factors (the so-called Fermi Function) of allowed decay. I estimate the errors brought by different electric charge distributions and give a way of estimation of β\beta-spectra with available decay data of specific nuclei. I found that the traditional ways of approximating the electron wave functions by Fermi Function could be a very severe source of error for spectra simulation.

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@article{arxiv.1907.04560,
  title  = {Allowed $\beta$-decay spectrum with numerical electron wave functions},
  author = {Dong-Liang Fang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.04560},
  year   = {2019}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures, comments and suggestions are welcome

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