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Comparative study of ${}^6$He $\beta$-decay based on different similarity-renormalization-group evolved chiral interactions

Nuclear Theory 2021-09-22 v3

Abstract

We report on a study of the Gamow-Teller matrix element contributing to 6{}^6He β\beta-decay with similarity renormalization group (SRG) versions of momentum- and configuration-space two-nucleon interactions. These interactions are derived from two different formulations of chiral effective field theory (χ\chiEFT) -- without and with the explicit inclusion of Δ\Delta-isobars. We consider evolution parameters ΛSRG\Lambda_{\rm SRG} in the range between 1.2 and 2.0 fm1^{-1} and, for the Δ\Delta-less case, also the unevolved (bare) interaction. The axial current contains one- and two-body terms, consistently derived at tree level (no loops) in the two distinct χ\chiEFT formulations we have adopted here. The 6{}^6He and 6{}^6Li ground-state wave functions are obtained from hyperspherical-harmonics (HH) solutions of the nuclear many-body problem. In AA\,=6\,6 systems, the HH method is limited at present to treat only two-body interactions and non-SRG evolved currents. Our results exhibit a significant dependence on ΛSRG\Lambda_{\text{SRG}} of the contributions associated with two-body currents, suggesting that a consistent SRG-evolution of these is needed in order to obtain reliable estimates. We also show that the contributions from one-pion-exchange currents depend strongly on the model (chiral) interactions and on the momentum- or configuration-space cutoffs used to regularize them. These results might prove helpful in clarifying the origin of the sign difference recently found in No-Core-Shell-Model and Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the 6{}^6He Gamow-Teller matrix element.

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@article{arxiv.2106.07439,
  title  = {Comparative study of ${}^6$He $\beta$-decay based on different similarity-renormalization-group evolved chiral interactions},
  author = {A. Gnech and L. E. Marcucci and R. Schiavilla and M. Viviani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.07439},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

16 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication on Phys. Rev. C

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