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Statistical shell model (also called spectral distribution method or statistical spectroscopy method) based on random matrix theory and spherical shell model gives a theory for calculating neutrinoless double beta decay nuclear transition…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-04 V. K. B. Kota , R. Sahu

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

We study the two-neutrino double-beta decay in 76Ge, 116Cd, 128Te, 130Te, and 150Nd, as well as the two Gamow-Teller branches that connect the double-beta decay partners with the states in the intermediate nuclei. We use a theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-01-06 P. Sarriguren , O. Moreno , E. Moya de Guerra

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

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

The predicted neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is the crucial phenomenon to prove the existence of the Majorana neutrino, which gives a foundation to leptogenesis to explain the matter prevalence of the universe. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-04 Jun Terasaki

Neutrinoless double beta decay searches are currently among the major foci of experimental physics. The observation of such a decay will have important implications in our understanding of the intrinsic nature of neutrinos and shed light on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-15 L. Coraggio , N. Itaco , G. De Gregorio , A. Gargano , R. Mancino , S. Pastore

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

We investigate the possibility to discriminate between different pairs of CP non-conserving mechanisms inducing the neutrinoless double beta $\betabeta$-decay by using data on $\betabeta$-decay half-lives of nuclei with largely different…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Meroni , S. T. Petcov , F. Simkovic

Spin dipole (SD) strengths for double beta-decay (DBD) nuclei were studied experimentally for the first time by using measured cross sections of (3He,t) charge exchange reactions (CERs). Then SD nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for low-lying…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-11-03 H. Ejiri , D. Frekers

The calculations of nuclear matrix elements of $0\nu\beta\beta$-decay is a challenge for nuclear physics. We are discussing here a model independent method, which could allow to test the calculations. The method is based on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Bilenky

We present a seminal calculation of the nuclear matrix element for the two-neutrino double beta ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay of ${}^{48}\text{Ca} \rightarrow {}^{48}\text{Ti}$ using a post-Hartree-Fock (HF) Density Functional Theory-based…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-06-17 Jan Miśkiewicz , Maciej Konieczka , Wojciech Satuła

The nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) of the neutrinoless and two-neutrino double-$\beta$ decays of $^{48}$Ca are calculated by the quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) with emphasis on the consistency examinations of this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-07 J. Terasaki

In this work we report on the effects of short-range correlations upon the matrix elements of neutrinoless double beta decay. We focus on the calculation of the matrix elements of the neutrino-mass mode of neutrinoless double beta decays of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Kortelainen , O. Civitarese , J. Suhonen , J. Toivanen

We study two-neutrino double-beta decay ($2\nu\beta\beta$) into first-excited $0^+_2$ states of nuclei used in $\beta\beta$ decay experiments, including $^{76}$Ge, $^{82}$Se, $^{130}$Te, and $^{136}$Xe. We calculate the corresponding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-08 Daniel Castillo , Dorian Frycz , Beatriz Benavente , Javier Menéndez

We devise a framework based on the generalized contact formalism that combines the nuclear shell model and quantum Monte Carlo methods and compute the neutrinoless double-beta decay of experimentally relevant nuclei, including $^{76}$Ge,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-21 Ronen Weiss , Pablo Soriano , Alessandro Lovato , Jaview Menendez , R. B. Wiringa

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

The two neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{94,96}$Zr, $^{98,100}$Mo, $^{104}$Ru, $^{110}$Pd, $^{128,130}$Te and $^{150}$Nd isotopes for the $0^{+}\to 0^{+}$ transition is studied within the PHFB framework along with an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-08-03 R. Chandra , K. Chaturvedi , P. K. Rath , P. K. Raina , J. G. Hirsch

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

We introduce a method for isospin restoration in the calculation of nuclear matrix elements (NME) for $0\nu\beta\beta$ and $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay within the framework of interacting boson model (IBM-2). With this method, we calculate NME…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-30 J. Barea , J. Kotila , F. Iachello