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Two-neutrino double-beta-decay matrix elements $M_{2\nu}$ and single beta-decay branching ratios were calculated for $^{48}$Ca and $^{96}$Zr in the interacting nuclear shell model using large single-particle valence spaces with well-tested…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Joel Kostensalo , Jouni Suhonen

We study two-neutrino ($2\nu\beta\beta$) and neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decays in the nuclear shell model and proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) frameworks. Calculating the decay half-life…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-14 Lotta Jokiniemi , Beatriz Romeo , Pablo Soriano , Javier Menéndez

The nuclear matrix element (NME) of the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is an essential input for determining the neutrino effective mass, if the half-life of this decay is measured. The reliable calculation of this NME…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-09-15 J. Terasaki , Y. Iwata

Here, we study the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay between the ground state and the first $2^+$ state of $^{76}\mbox{Ge} \rightarrow {}^{76}\mbox{Se}$, $^{82}\mbox{Se} \rightarrow{}^{82}\mbox{Kr}$, $^{130}\mbox{Te}…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-01-06 J. Ferretti , R. Magana Vsevolodovna , J. Kotila , E. Santopinto

The nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay for nuclei $^{76}$Ge, $^{82}$Se, $^{100}$Mo, $^{130}$Te, and $^{150}$Nd are studied within the triaxial projected shell model, which incorporates simultaneously the triaxial…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-08-04 Y. K. Wang , P. W. Zhao , J. Meng

We study double gamma ($\gamma\gamma$) decay nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for a wide range of nuclei from titanium to xenon, and explore their relation to neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) NMEs. To favor the comparison, we focus…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-17 B. Romeo , J. Menéndez , C. Peña

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

To extract information about the neutrino properties from the study of neutrinoless double-beta (0\nu\beta\beta) decay one needs a precise computation of the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) associated with this process. Approaches based on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-08-06 Andrei Neacsu , Sabin Stoica , Mihai Horoi

Shell Model Monte Carlo (SMMC) techniques are used to calculate two-neutrino double beta decay matrix elements. We validate the approach against direct diagonalization for $^{48}$Ca in the complete $pf$-shell using the KB3 interaction. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 P. B. Radha , D. J. Dean , S. E. Koonin , T. T. S. Kuo , K. Langanke , A. Poves , J. Retamosa , P. Vogel

Nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay in candidate nuclei play a crucial role in interpreting results from current experiments and in designing future ones. Accurate NME values serve as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-08-08 C. R. Ding , Gang Li , J. M. Yao

In this paper a microscopic state-of-the-art approach to calculation of the nuclear matrix element $M^{0\nu}$ for neutrinoless double beta decay with an account for nuclear deformation is presented in length and applied for $^{76}$Ge,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-17 Dong-Liang Fang , Amand Faessler , Vadim Rodin , Fedor Simkovic

In this work, with restored isospin symmetry, we evaluated the neutrinoless double beta decay nuclear matrix elements for $^{76}$Ge, $^{82}$Se, $^{130}$Te, $^{136}$Xe and $^{150}$Nd for both the light and heavy neutrino mass mechanisms…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-02 Dong-Liang Fang , Amand Faessler , Fedor Šimkovic

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 compute nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double electron capture on $^{152}$Gd, $^{164}$Er and $^{180}$W nuclei. Recent precise mass measurements for these nuclei have shown a large resonance enhancement factor that makes them…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Tomas R. Rodriguez , Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo

We report the results of a calculation of the nuclear matrix element of neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay of $^{48}$Ca, carried out taking into account nucleon-nucleon correlations in both coordinate- and spin-space. Our numerical results,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Omar Benhar , Riccardo Biondi , Enrico Speranza

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

We report on the calculation of the neutrinoless double-beta decay nuclear matrix element for 76Ge within the framework of the realistic shell model. The effective shell-model Hamiltonian and the two-body transition operator describing the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Nunzio Itaco , Luigi Coraggio , Riccardo Mancino

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 this study, we calculate the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for the light neutrino-exchange mechanism of neutrinoless double beta $0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{124}$Sn within the framework of the interacting nuclear shell model using the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-05 Shahariar Sarkar , P. K. Rath , V. Nanal , R. G. Pillay , Pushpendra P. Singh , Y. Iwata , K. Jha , P. K. Raina

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