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The two-neutrino double beta decay matrix elements and half-lives of $^{48}$Ca, are calculated within a shell-model approach for transitions to the ground state and to the $2^+$ first excited state of $^{48}$Ti. We use the full $pf$ model…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Horoi , S. Stoica , B. A. Brown

In an experiment performed at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) using the FRIB Decay Station initiator (FDSi), 15 new half lives of isotopes near $^{54}$Ca were measured. A new method of extracting lifetimes from experimental data,…

A systematic study of the $\beta$-decay of neutron-deficient nuclei has been carried out and has provided spectroscopic information of importance for both nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics. Following an overview of the most…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-03-23 S. E. A. Orrigo , B. Rubio , W. Gelletly

A simple relation $(aZ_{c} + b)(Z_{d}/Q)^{1/2} + (cZ_{c} + d)$ of estimation of the half-life of cluster emission is further improved for cluster and $\alpha$-decays, separately, by incorporating isospin of parent nucleus as well as angular…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-08-08 G. Saxena , A. Jain

Latest experimental and evaluated $\alpha$-decay half-lives between 82$\leq$Z$\leq$118 have been used to modify two empirical formulas: (i) Horoi scaling law [J. Phys. G \textbf{30}, 945 (2004)], and Sobiczewski formula [Acta Phys. Pol. B…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-26 G. Saxena , P. K. Sharma , Prafulla Saxena

We examine the effect of nuclear deformation on the calculated $\beta$-decay half-lives of 55 neutron-rich nuclei. The deformation values were computed using DD-PC1 and DD-ME2 interactions in the Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model. Yet…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-29 Jameel-Un Nabi , Tuncay Bayram , Wajeeha Khalid , Arslan Mehmood , Alper Köseoğlu

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

The half-life of the 2 neutrino double-beta-decay of 160Gd, a process which was previously reported as theoretically forbidden, is estimated by including the pairing interaction, which mixes different occupations and opens channels for the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Jorge G. Hirsch , Octavio Castanos , Peter O. Hess , Osvaldo Civitarese

Weak decays in heavy nuclei with charge numbers Z=101-109 are studied within a microscopic formalism based on deformed self-consistent Skyrme Hartree-Fock mean-field calculations with pairing correlations. The half-lives of beta+ decay and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-11-16 Pedro Sarriguren

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

The $\mathcal{\alpha}$ decay half-life of unknown nucleus $^{297}$Og is predicted within two-potential approach, and $\mathcal{\alpha}$ preformation probabilities of 64 odd-$A$ nuclei in the region of proton numbers $82<Z<126$ and neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-05-02 Jun-Gang Deng , Jun-Hao Cheng , Bo Zheng , Xiao-Hua Li

NEMO 3 is a currently running experiment to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay and to study the two-neutrino double beta decay with 10kg of enriched isotopes. On the basis of the first two years of data taking, a limit on the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 V. I. Tretyak

$Q_\beta$ represents one of the most important factors characterizing unstable nuclei, as it can lead to a better understanding of nuclei behavior and the origin of heavy atoms. Recently, machine learning methods have been shown to be a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-29 Jose M. Munoz , Serkan Akkoyun , Zayda P. Reyes , Leonardo A. Pachon

The neutrinoless double beta decay is analyzed using a general Lorentz invariant effective Lagrangian for various decaying nuclei of current experimental interest: $^{76}$Ge, $^{82}$Se, $^{100}$Mo, $^{130}$Te, and $^{136}$Xe. We work out…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Ali , A. V. Borisov , D. V. Zhuridov

Beta-decay rates for spherical neutron-rich r-process waiting-point nuclei are calculated within a fully self-consistent Quasiparticle Random-Phase Approximation, formulated in the Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov canonical single-particle basis.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Engel , M. Bender , J. Dobaczewski , W. Nazarewicz , R. Surman

An analysis of the $\alpha$ + core properties of $^{104}$Te along with a global discussion on the $\alpha$-cluster structure above the double-shell closures is presented from the viewpoint of the local potential model. The $\alpha$ + core…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-05-22 M. A. Souza , H. Miyake , T. Borello-Lewin , C. A. da Rocha , C. Frajuca

We have investigated most stable superheavy nuclei by studying the decay properties such as alpha decay, cluster decay and spontaneous fission. We have investigated nine stable nuclei in the island of stability which can be detected through…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-04 H. C. Manjunatha , L. Seenappa , K. N. Sridhar

Beta-decay properties of neutron-rich Ca, Ti, and Cr isotopes are studied within a deformed proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation. The underlying mean field is described self-consistently from deformed Skyrme Hartree-Fock…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-08-21 P. Sarriguren , A. Algora , G. Kiss

We propose formulas of the nuclear beta-decay rate that are useful in a practical calculation. The decay rate is determined by the product of the lepton and hadron current densities. A widely used formula relies upon the fact that the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-01 W. Horiuchi , T. Sato , Y. Uesaka , K. Yoshida

The advent of radioactive ion beam facilities and new detector technologies have opened up new possibilities to investigate the radioactive decays of highly unstable nuclei, in particular the proton emission, $\alpha$ decay and heavy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-05-31 Chong Qi