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How and How Much is ${g_A}$ {\it Fundamentally} Quenched in Nuclei?

Nuclear Theory 2022-12-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The superallowed Gamow-Teller transition in the doubly-magic-shell nucleus 100^{100}Sn and the high resolution spectral shape analysis in the fourth-forbidden nonunique transition in 115^{115}In indicate as much as 40%\sim 40\% {\it fundamental} quenching in the axial-current coupling constant gAg_A in nuclei. This can be attributed to an effect of the trace anomaly in QCD "emerging" in nuclear medium. If confirmed, this would signal a major revamping to do in nuclear interactions consistent with chiral-scale symmetry in nuclear medium and a big impact on 0ν0\nu and νν\nu\nu double β\beta decays for BSM. I present an argument that such a big anomaly-induced quenching is incompatible with how hidden scale symmetry manifests in nuclear medium, A possible means to resolve this issue is discussed in terms of hidden scale symmetry permeating in baryonic matter from normal nuclear matter to massive compact-star matter.

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@article{arxiv.2212.05558,
  title  = {How and How Much is ${g_A}$ {\it Fundamentally} Quenched in Nuclei?},
  author = {Mannque Rho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.05558},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

6 pages, no figures, a few typos corrected