Future directions in nuclear $β$ decay at FRIB and beyond
Abstract
Motivated by the opportunities presented for studies relevant to nuclear structure, astrophysics, and fundamental symmetries with nuclear decay, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Theory Alliance topical program ``Future Directions in Nuclear Decays at FRIB'' was held in September of 2025. This white paper summarizes the main points of discussion over the two-week program, and it aims to provide a snapshot of the current status of the field while also highlighting important questions and opportunities for future work. We provide an overview of the experimental tools and techniques that enable modern decay studies, discuss the current state of nuclear many-body approaches used to study decays, and highlight the important science questions that can be addressed by weak decays.
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@article{arxiv.2607.22983,
title = {Future directions in nuclear $β$ decay at FRIB and beyond},
author = {Garrett B. King and Ayala Glick-Magid and Grigor Sargsyan and Mark A. Caprio and Kyle G. Leach and John A. Behr and Francesca Bonaiti and Maxime Brodeur and Graham Chambers-Wall and Heather L. Crawford and Maria Dawid and Wouter Dekens and Michael Gennari and Robert Grzywacz and Peter Gysbers and Heather S. Harrington and Heiko Hergert and Lotta Jokiniemi and Brenden Longfellow and Rebeka S. Lubna and Kelsey A. Lund and Giacomo Marocco and Anna E. McCoy and Dan Melconian and Alexis Mercenne and David C. Moore and Oscar Naviliat-Cuncic and Samuel J. Novario and Timilehin H. Ogunbeku and Walter C. Pettus and Ryan Plestid and Bertis C. Rasco and Ante Ravlíc and Yukiya Saito and Dustin P. Scriven and Chien-Yeah Seng and Nadezda A. Smirnova and Artemis Spyrou and Vandana Tripathi and Xing Wu and Zhengyu Xu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.22983},
year = {2026}
}
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90 pages, 10 figures; Whitepaper of FRIB TA Topical Program "Future directions in nuclear beta decay at FRIB"