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$Q_\beta$ 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

Statistical modeling of nuclear data using artificial neural networks (ANNs) and, more recently, support vector machines (SVMs), is providing novel approaches to systematics that are complementary to phenomenological and semi-microscopic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-29 N. Costiris , E. Mavrommatis , K. A. Gernoth , J. W. Clark

Based on Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) framework optimized via Bayesian hyperparameter tuning, we investigated the {\alpha}-decay energy and half-life of superheavy nuclei. By incorporating key nuclear structural features-including…

The precision of double-beta ($\beta\beta$) decay experimental half-lives and their uncertainties is reevaluated. A complementary analysis of the decay uncertainties indicates deficiencies due to small size of statistical samples, and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-22 B. Pritychenko

Statistical modeling of nuclear data provides a novel approach to nuclear systematics complementary to established theoretical and phenomenological approaches based on quantum theory. Continuing previous studies in which global statistical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 N. J. Costiris , E. Mavrommatis , K. A. Gernoth , J. W. Clark

Ab-initio calculations of nuclear masses, the binding energy and the $\alpha$ decay half-lives are intractable for heavy nucleus, because of the curse of dimensionality in many body quantum simulations as proton number($\mathrm{N}$) and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-06-29 Chen-Qi Li , Chao-Nan Tong , Hong-Jing Du , Long-Gang Pang

For radioactive nuclear data, $\beta$ decay is one of the most important information and is applied to various fields. However, some of the $\beta$-decay data are not available due to experimental difficulties. From this respect,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-11-23 Futoshi Minato , Z. M. Niu , Haozhao Liang

Purpose: Our objective is to apply an improved statistical global model of beta^- decay half-life systematics [1] generated by machine-learning techniques to the prediction of beta half-lives relevant to r-process nuclei. The primary aim of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-09-04 N. J. Costiris , E. Mavrommatis , K. A. Gernoth , J. W. Clark

Evaluated $2\beta^{-}(2\nu)$ half-lives and their systematics were reexamined in the framework of a phenomenological approach. Decay rate dependence on nuclear deformation, decay energy, shape coexistence, and forbidden transitions was…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-22 B. Pritychenko

We combine nonlocal effects with Bayesian Neural Network (BNN) methods to enhance the prediction accuracy of $\alpha$ decay half-lives. The results indicate that accounting for nonlocal effects significantly impacts the half-life…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-17 Xuanpeng Xiao , Panpan Qi , Gongming Yu , Haitao Yang , Qiang Hu

Artificial neural networks are trained by a standard backpropagation learning algorithm with regularization to model and predict the systematics of -decay of heavy and superheavy nuclei. This approach to regression is implemented in two…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-10-29 Paulo S. A. Freitas , John W. Clark

The $\beta$-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei with $20 \leqslant Z \leqslant 50$ are systematically investigated using the newly developed fully self-consistent proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA), based on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-05-27 Z. M. Niu , Y. F. Niu , H. Z. Liang , W. H. Long , T. Nikšić , D. Vretenar , J. Meng

In this work, the beta-decay halflives problem is dealt as a nonlinear optimization problem, which is resolved in the statistical framework of Machine Learning (LM). Continuing past similar approaches, we have constructed sophisticated…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-09-03 N. J. Costiris , E. Mavrommatis , K. A. Gernoth , J. W. Clark , H. Li

The double-beta (2$\beta$)-decay is the rarest nuclear physics process, and its experimental half-lives (T$_{1/2}$) exceed the age of the Universe from nine to fourteen orders of magnitude. Double-beta decay was observed, and its half-life…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-03-26 B. Pritychenko , V. I. Tretyak

Nuclear double $\beta$-decay with two neutrinos is a rare and important process for natural radioactivity of unstable nuclei. The experimental data of nuclear double $\beta^{-}$-decay with two neutrinos are analyzed and a systematic law to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Yuejiao Ren , Zhongzhou Ren

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

Nuclear $\beta$ decay is a key element of the astrophysical rapid neutron capture process ($r$-process). In this paper, we present state-of-the-art global $\beta$-decay calculations based on the quantified relativistic nuclear energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-20 A. Ravlić , Y. Saito , W. Nazarewicz

$\alpha$ decay is an important probe for studying the structure of heavy and superheavy nuclei, in which the $\alpha$-particle preformation ($P_{\alpha}$) is a key physical quantity for describing decay half-lives. This work develops a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-10 Xiao-Yan Zhu , Heng-Jian Si-Tu , Hao Zhang , Wei Gao , Wen-Bin Lin , Xiao-Hua Li

Nuclear double $\beta ^-$-decays with two neutrinos were observed for many years and a systematic law describing the relation between their half-lives and decay energies was also proposed recently [Phys. Rev. C89, 064603 (2014)]. However,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-01-08 Yuejiao Ren , Zhongzhou Ren

Nuclear beta decay rates are an essential ingredient in simulations of the astrophysical r-process. Most of these rates still rely on theoretical modeling. However, modern radioactive ion-beam facilities have allowed to measure beta half…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-05-02 O. L. Caballero , A. Arcones , I. N. Borzov , K. Langanke , G. Martinez-Pinedo
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