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The history and importance of superdeformation in nuclei is briefly discussed. A simple two-level model is then employed to obtain an elegant expression for the branching ratio for the decay via the E1 process in the normal-deformed band of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 B. R. Barrett , D. M. Cardamone , C. A. Stafford

$\beta$-decay rates of neutron-rich nuclei, in particular those located at neutron shell closures, play a central role in simulations of the heavy-element nucleosynthesis and resulting abundance distributions. We present $\beta$-decay…

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We estimate lepton capture and emission rates, as well as neutrino energy loss rates, for nuclei in the mass range A=65-80. These rates are calculated on a temperature/density grid appropriate for a wide range of astrophysical applications…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jason Pruet , George M. Fuller

The nonmesonic weak decay of $\Lambda$ hypernuclei is studied in a shell model framework. A complete strangeness-changing weak $\Lambda N \to NN$ transition potential, based on one boson exchange, is constructed by including the exchange of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Parreño , A. Ramos , C. Bennhold

We evaluate the allowed $\beta^-$-decay properties of nuclei with $Z = 8 - 15$ systematically under the framework of the nuclear shell model with the use of the valence space Hamiltonians derived from modern $ab~intio$ methods, such as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-03-23 Anil Kumar , Praveen C. Srivastava , Toshio Suzuki

$\alpha$ decay is usually associated with both ground and low-lying isomeric states of heavy and superheavy nuclei, and the unpaired nucleon plays a key role on $\alpha$ decay. In this work, we systematically studied the $\alpha$ decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-04-18 Xiao-Dong Sun , Chao Duan , Jun-Gang Deng , Ping Guo , Xiao-Hua Li

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

We investigate two-neutrino double beta decay ($2\nu\beta\beta$) in chiral effective field theory. We find contributions from weak magnetism and double-weak pion-exchange at next-to-leading-order in the chiral power counting. We discuss the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-19 Saad el Morabit , Ryan Bouabid , Vincenzo Cirigliano , Jordy de Vries , Lukáš Gráf , Emanuele Mereghetti

A method for calculation of Gamow-Teller transition rates is developed by using the concept of the Projected Shell Model (PSM). The shell model basis is constructed by superimposing angular-momentum-projected multi-quasiparticle…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Zao-Chun Gao , Yang Sun , Y. -S. Chen

In the framework free triaxiality model branching ratio reduced E2-transitions probabilities are studied for the full region changes of the triaxiality parameter. The variables of quadrupole deformations $\beta_2$ and $\gamma$ are dynamic.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-17 M. S. Nadirbekov , O. A. Bozarov , S. N. Kudiratov

A systematic study on $\alpha$-decay half-lives for the nuclei in the range $93\leq Z \leq 118$ is done by employing various versions of proximity potentials. To obtain the more reliable results, the deformation terms are included up to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-09-29 M. Hassanzad , O. N. Ghodsi

We analyze the nearest neighbor spacing distributions of low-lying 2+ levels of even-even nuclei. We grouped the nuclei into classes defined by the quadrupole deformation parameter (Beta2). We calculate the nearest neighbor spacing…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-02-14 A. Al-Sayed

The spherical to deformed $\gamma -unstable$ shape- phase transition in odd-A nuclei is investigated by using the Dual algebraic structures and the affine $SU(1,1)$ Lie Algebra within the framework of the interacting boson - fermion model.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-11-25 M. A. Jafarizadeh , M. Ghapanvari , N. Fouladi

Electromagnetic and weak transitions tell us a great deal about the structure of atomic nuclei. Yet modeling transitions can be difficult: it is often easier to compute the ground state, if only as an approximation, than excited states. One…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-09-21 Calvin W. Johnson , Ken A. Luu , Yi Lu

The superallowed beta-decay rates that provide stringent constraints on physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics are affected by nuclear structure effects through isospin-breaking corrections. The self-consistent isospin- and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-05 W. Satula , J. Dobaczewski , W. Nazarewicz , M. Rafalski

Solvable supersymmetric algebraic model for descriptions of the spherical to gama unstable shape- phase transition in even and odd mass nuclei is proposed. This model is based on dual algebraic structure and Richardson - Gaudin method,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-02-23 M. A. Jafarizadeh , M. Ghapanvari , N. Fouladi , Z. Ranjbar , A. Sadighzadeh

A general shell model formalism for the nonmesonic weak decay of the hypernuclei has been developed. It involves a partial wave expansion of the emitted nucleon waves, preserves naturally the antisymmetrization between the escaping…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Barbero , D. Horvat , F. Krmpotic , T. T. S. Kuo , Z. Naranvcic , D. Tadić

For the first time, half-lives and energy spectra of forbidden $\beta$ decays are calculated within the realistic shell model. Namely, we approach this issue starting from a realistic nucleon-nucleon potential and deriving effective…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-04 G. De Gregorio , R. Mancino , L. Coraggio , N. Itaco

Beta-decay rates of extreme neutron-rich nuclei remain largely unknown experimentally, while they are critical inputs for $r$-process nucleosynthesis. We present first ab initio calculations of total beta-decay half-lives, with a focus on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-11 Zhen Li , Takayuki Miyagi , Achim Schwenk

We have calculated rates of $\beta^{-}$ decay to both continuum and bound states separately for some fully ionized (bare) atoms in the mass range A $\approx$ 60-240. One of the motivations of this work is that the previous theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-12-25 Arkabrata Gupta , Chirashree Lahiri , S. Sarkar