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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

A schematic study of the $\beta \beta 2\nu $-decay of $^{48}Ca$ is made in a shell-model approach. The emphasis is especially put on the role of the spin-orbit potential in relation with the contribution of other terms in the strong…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 M. T. Capilla , B. Desplanques , S. Noguera

Several searches for Beyond Standard Model physics rely on an accurate and highly precise theoretical description of the allowed $\beta$ spectrum. Following recent theoretical advances, a C++ implementation of an analytical description of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-24 Leendert Hayen , Nathal Severijns

We approach the calculation of the nuclear matrix element of the neutrinoless double-beta decay process, considering the light-neutrino-exchange channel, by way of the realistic shell-model. In particular the focus of our work is spotted on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-05 L. Coraggio , N. Itaco , R. Mancino

In the present work, we have reported $\beta^+$/EC-decay half-lives for $Z = 21 -30$ nuclei using large-scale shell-model. %and N $\leq$ A recent study shows that some proton-rich nuclei in this region belong to the island of inversion. We…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-11-01 Vikas Kumar , Praveen C. Srivastava

We propose a new method of the $\beta$-$\gamma$ constraint for quadrupole deformation in antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) to describe various cluster and shell-model structures in the ground and excited states of light nuclei. We…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Tadahiro Suhara , Yoshiko Kanada-En'yo

Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a forbidden, lepton-number-violating nuclear transition whose observation would have fundamental implications for neutrino physics, theories beyond the Standard Model and cosmology. In this review, we…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-10-05 Michelle J. Dolinski , Alan W. P. Poon , Werner Rodejohann

We discuss two conditions needed for correct computation of $2\nu \beta\beta$ nuclear matrix-elements within the realistic shell-model framework. An algorithm in which intermediate states are treated based on Whitehead's moment method is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 H. Nakada , T. Sebe , K. Muto

We report about a study of the ordinary muon capture in nuclei belonging to the sd shell, an electroweak process that occurs with exchange momenta far larger than ordinary beta decays (approximately 100 MeV). Such a characteristic places…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-09 S. L. Lyu , G. De Gregorio , T. Fukui , N. Itaco , L. Coraggio

A systematic study of the total $\beta$-decay half-lives and $\beta$-delayed neutron emission probabilities is performed. The $\beta$-strength function is treated within the self-consistent density-functional + continuum-QRPA framework…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 I. N. Borzov

Our study employs the nuclear shell model to systematically compute the half-lives of $\beta$ -decay for nuclei in the mass range of $A = 18-39$, encompassing the majority of $sd$ shell nuclei. This analysis utilizes the USDB and SDNN…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-10 Surender , Vikas Kumar , Praveen C. Srivastava

In this work, the $\beta$-stable region for Z $\geq$ 90 is proposed. The calculated $\beta$-stable nuclei in the $\beta$-stable region are in good agreement with the ones obtained by M\"{o}ller \emph{et al}.. The half-lives of the nuclei…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Zongqiang Sheng , Liangping Shu , Ying Meng , Jigang Hu , Jianfa Qian

Precision measurements of $\beta$-decay observables offer the possibility to search for deviations from the Standard Model. A possible discovery of such deviations requires accompanying first-principles calculations. Here we compute the…

We use Lee-Suzuki mappings and related techniques to construct effective two-body p-shell interactions and neutrinoless double-beta operators that exactly reproduce the results of large no-core-shell-model calculations of double-beta decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Deepshikha Shukla , Jonathan Engel , Petr Navratil

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

[Background] $\beta$-decay half-life is sensitive to the shell structure near the Fermi levels. Nuclear deformation thus impacts the $\beta$-decay properties. [Purpose] A first-order shape-phase transition in neutron-rich Zr isotopes is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-19 Kenichi Yoshida , Yifei Niu , Futoshi Minato

Alpha emission from a nucleus is a fundamental decay process in which the alpha particle formed inside the nucleus tunnels out through the potential barrier. We describe alpha decay of $^{212}$Po and $^{104}$Te by means of the configuration…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-10-01 R. Id Betan , W. Nazarewicz

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

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

We present results for $\beta$-decay half-lives based on a new recipe for calculation of phase space factors recently introduced. Our study includes $fp$-shell and heavier nuclei of experimental and astrophysical interests. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-03-01 Jameel-Un Nabi , Mavra Ishfaq , Ovidiu Nitescu , Mihail Mirea , Sabin Stoica