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Analog-antianalog isospin mixing in $^{47}$K $\beta^-$ decay

Nuclear Experiment 2024-06-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We have measured the isospin mixing of the Iπ^\pi= 1/2+^+ Ex_x=2.599 MeV state in nearly-doubly-magic 47^{47}Ca with the isobaric analog 1/2+^+ state of 47^{47}K. Using the TRIUMF atom trap for β\beta decay, we have measured a nonzero asymmetry of the progeny 47^{47}Ca with respect to the initial 47^{47}K spin polarization, which together with the β\beta asymmetry implies a nonzero ratio of Fermi to Gamow-Teller matrix elements yy= 0.098±\pm0.037 for the 1/2+1/2+1/2^+ \rightarrow 1/2^+ transition. Interpreting yy as mixing between this state and the isobaric analog state implies a Coulomb matrix element magnitude 101 ±\pm 37 keV. This relatively large matrix element supports a model from the literature of analog-antianalog isospin mixing, which predicts large matrix elements in cases involving excess neutrons over protons occupying more than one major shell. The result supports pursuing a search for time-reversal odd, parity-even, isovector interactions using a correlation in 47^{47}K β\beta decay.

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@article{arxiv.2405.02742,
  title  = {Analog-antianalog isospin mixing in $^{47}$K $\beta^-$ decay},
  author = {Brian Kootte and H. Gallop and C. Luktuke and J. C. McNeil and A. Gorelov and D. G. Melconian and J. Klimo and B. M. Vargas-Calderon. J. A. Behr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.02742},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

7 (two-column) pages, 7 figures. Reprint of version accepted by Physical Review C Letters May 3, 2024 (proof corrections included, except we retain non-Letter features: section headers; \frac in inline equations; untruncated reference authors)