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Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a unique process that could reveal physics beyond the Standard Model. Essential ingredients in the analysis of neutrinoless double-beta rates are the associated nuclear matrix elements. Most of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-12-17 R. A. Sen'kov , M. Horoi

We report on the calculation of Gamow-Teller and double-beta decay properties for nuclei around 132Sn within the framework of the realistic shell model. The effective shell-model Hamiltonian and Gamow-Teller transition operator are derived…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-06-28 L. Coraggio , L. De Angelis , T. Fukui , A. Gargano , N. Itaco

We calculate nuclear matrix elements (NME) of neutrinoless double beta decay in four different candidate nuclei (Ge-76, Se-82, Mo-100, Te-130) within the quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA) and its uncertainties. We assume (up…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-08-25 Amand Faessler , G. L. Fogli , E. Lisi , A. M. Rotunno , F. Simkovic

We analyse the effects that different nuclear structure approximations associated with the short range correlations (SRC), finite nucleon size (FNS), higher order terms in the nucleon currents (HOC) and with some nuclear input parameters,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Andrei Neacsu , Sabin Stoica

Nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for two neutrino double beta decays are discussed in terms of the Fermi Surface Quasi-Particle (FSQP) Model. The evaluated NMEs agree with the observed NMEs . The new NMEs for two neutrino double beta decays…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-06 Hiroyasu Ejiri

Nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for neutrinoless double beta decays (DBDs) are required for studying neutrino physics beyond the standard model by DBD. The experimental spin-dipole (SD) giant resonance energy and the SD strength are shown…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-02-23 H. Ejiri , L. Jokiniemi , J. Suhonen

Nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for double and single beta decays are crucial for studying neutrino properties beyond and within the standard model. The NMEs consist mainly of the spin isospin components. The delta isobar resonance, which is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-30 Hiroyasu Ejiri

We develop a novel ab initio in-medium no-core configuration-interaction (IM-NCCI) framework for nuclear charge-exchange processes by combining the in-medium similarity renormalization group with chiral nuclear Hamiltonians, and apply it to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-20 X. Lian , C. R. Ding , C. L. Bai , J. M. Yao

Two-neutrino double-beta ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay has been used to constrain the neutron-proton part of effective interactions, which in turn is used to compute the nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay, the observation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-20 Nobuo Hinohara , Jonathan Engel

Neutrinoless $\beta\beta$ decay nuclear matrix elements calculated with the shell model and energy-density functional theory typically disagree by more than a factor of two in the standard scenario of light-neutrino exchange. In contrast,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-04-18 Javier Menéndez

We evaluate the leading-order short-range nuclear matrix element for the neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of the nuclei most relevant for experiments, including $^{76}$Ge, $^{100}$Mo, $^{130}$Te and $^{136}$Xe. In our…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-12-06 Lotta Jokiniemi , Pablo Soriano , Javier Menéndez

A calculation of two-neutrino double-$\beta$ ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay matrix elements within the interacting boson model (IBM) that is based on the nuclear density functional theory is presented. The constrained self-consistent mean-field…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-06 Kosuke Nomura

The neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay is a hypothetical rare nuclear decay, which can be used for determining the neutrino-mass scale. The scheme to use this decay for determining the neutrino-mass scale is one of few limited methods…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-23 J. Terasaki

Background: The discovery of neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay would demonstrate the nature of neutrinos, have profound implications for our understanding of matter-antimatter mystery, and solve the mass hierarchy problem of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-02-09 L. S. Song , J. M. Yao , P. Ring , J. Meng

In this work we discuss the neutrino mass dependent nuclear matrix element (NME) of the neutrinoless double beta decay process and derive the limit on the parameter space of the minimal Type-I seesaw model from the current available…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-08-20 Dong-Liang Fang , Yu-Feng Li , Yi-Yu Zhang , Jing-Yu Zhu

Reducing uncertainties in the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) remains a critical challenge in designing and interpreting experiments aimed at discovering neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay. Here, we identify a class of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-11 Yi Li , Xin Zhang , Giuliano Giacalone , Jiangming Yao

We revisit the "interpolating formula" proposed in our previous publication. It allows one to calculate the neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$-decay) half-life for arbitrary neutrino mass without involvement of the complicated…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-11 A. Babič , S. Kovalenko , M. I. Krivoruchenko , F. Šimkovic

A complete calculation of the nuclear matrix elements (NME) for Majoron emitting neutrinoless double beta decay within the framework of IBM-2 for spectral indices $n=1,3,7$ is presented. By combining the results of this calculation with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-07 Jenni Kotila , Francesco Iachello

In this work, we have studied the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{76}$Ge and $^{96}$Zr isotopes utilizing large-scale shell-model calculations. The GWBXG effective interaction has been employed in the calculation of $2\nu\beta\beta$-decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-25 Deepak Patel , Praveen C. Srivastava , Jouni Suhonen

We study in this letter the double beta decay of 136Xe with emission of two neutrinos which has been recently measured by the EXO-200 collaboration. We use the same shell model framework, valence space, and effective interaction that we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 Etienne Caurier , Frederic Nowacki , Alfredo Poves