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We present a test with which to evaluate the calculated isospin-symmetry-breaking corrections to superallowed 0+-to-0+ nuclear beta decay. The test is based on the corrected experimental Ft values being required to satisfy conservation of…

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Superallowed $0^+ \to 0^+$ nuclear beta decay provides a direct measure of the weak vector coupling constant, $\GV$. We survey current world data on the nine accurately determined transitions of this type, which range from the decay of…

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We analyze the recoil corrections in superallowed beta decays of $T=1$, $J^P=0^+$ nuclei by fixing the mean square charge weak radius model-independently using the data of multiple charge radii across the nuclear isotriplet. By comparing to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-12 Chien-Yeah Seng

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

We review the current status of precision measurements in allowed nuclear beta decay, including neutron decay, with emphasis on their potential to look for new physics beyond the standard electroweak model. The experimental results are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 N. Severijns , M. Beck , O. Naviliat-Cuncic

We review the status of the Standard Model theory of neutron beta decay. Particular emphasis is put on the recent developments in the electroweak radiative corrections. Given that some existing approaches give slightly different results, we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-01 Mikhail Gorchtein , Chien-Yeah Seng

This white paper was submitted to the 2022 Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos (FSNN) Town Hall Meeting in preparation for the next NSAC Long Range Plan. We advocate to support current and future theoretical and experimental…

Multiple high precision $\beta$-decay measurements are being carried out these days on various nuclei, in search of beyond the Standard Model signatures. These measurements necessitate accurate standard model theoretical predictions to be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-09-28 Ayala Glick-Magid , Doron Gazit

Precision studies of $0^{+} \rightarrow 0^{+}$ superallowed $\beta$ decays provide the necessary data to test stringently the CVC hypothesis. They will also provide a value for the weak vector coupling constant and the $V_{ud}$ quark mixing…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Hagberg , J. C. Hardy , V. T. Koslowsky , G. Savard , I. S. Towner

A new critical survey is presented of all half-life, decay-energy and branching-ratio measurements related to 20 0+ to 0+ beta decays. Compared with our last review, there are numerous improvements: First, we have added 27 recently…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-06-30 J. C. Hardy , I. S. Towner

We present results of systematic calculations of the isospin-symmetry-breaking corrections to the superallowed I=$0+,T=1 --> I=0+,T=1 beta-decays, based on the self-consistent isospin- and angular-momentum-projected nuclear density…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-08-05 W. Satula , J. Dobaczewski , M. Konieczka , W. Nazarewicz

Starting with the basic Lagrangian of the Standard Model, the radiative corrections to the neutron beta-decay are acquired. The electroweak interactions are consistently taken into consideration amenably to the Weinberg-Salam theory. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 G. G. Bunatian

The results of systematic calculations of isospin-symmetry-breaking corrections to superallowed beta-decays based on the self-consistent isospin- and angular-momentum-projected nuclear density functional theory (DFT) are reviewed with an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-07-08 W. Satula , J. Dobaczewski , M. Konieczka , W. Nazarewicz

Nuclear weak-interaction rates are known to exert a prominent effect in the late-stages of stellar collapse. Despite their importance, most studies to date on core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) have focused primarily on the effects of…

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New superheavy nuclei are often identified through their characteristic $\alpha$-decay energies, which requires accurate calculations of $Q_{\alpha}$ values. While many $Q_{\alpha}$ predictions are available, little is known about their…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Erik Olsen , Witold Nazarewicz

In this work, the large-scale shell-model calculations for $\beta$-decay properties have been done. The $\beta$-delayed $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy has been performed recently at ILL, Grenoble [M. Si \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. C {\bf 106},…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-01-27 Shweta Sharma , Praveen C. Srivastava , Anil Kumar

The aim of the paper is to propose another tool for phenomenological analyses of experimental data from superallowed nuclear and neutron $\beta$ decays, and from leptonic and semileptonic decays, that allows the finding of the most probable…

General Physics · Physics 2010-10-20 Petre Dita

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

The Vud element of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix can be determined from several different experimental approaches: either 0+-to-0+ superallowed nuclear beta decays, neutron decay, nuclear mirror decays, or pion beta decay. Currently…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-09-17 J. C. Hardy , I. S. Towner

Two-neutrino double-beta decay of certain nuclear isotopes is one of the rarest Standard Model processes observed in nature. Its neutrinoless counterpart is an exotic lepton-number nonconserving process that is widely searched for to…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-01-01 Zohreh Davoudi , Saurabh V. Kadam