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An improved formalism of the two-neutrino double-beta decay ($2\nu\beta\beta$-decay) rate is presented, which takes into account the dependence of energy denominators on lepton energies via the Taylor expansion. Till now, only the leading…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-04-13 Fedor Šimkovic , Rastislav Dvornický , Dušan Štefánik , Amand Faessler

The existing calculations of the nuclear matrix elements of the neutrinoless double $\beta$-decay differ by about a factor three. This uncertainty prevents quantitative interpretation of the results of experiments searching for this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. M. Bilenky , J. A. Grifols

Nuclei in the vicinity of driplines have been receiving a lot of attention in nuclear structure studies. In the nuclei, the continuum coupling is crucial in reproducing weakly-bound and unbound phenomena. To calculate observables of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-11 Z. C. Xu , S. Zhang , J. G. Li , S. L. Jin , Q. Yuan , Z. H. Cheng , N. Michel , F. R. Xu

We calculate the nuclear matrix elements of the neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decays of $^{76}$Ge and $^{82}$Se for the light-neutrino exchange mechanism. The nuclear wave functions are obtained by using realistic two-body…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Markus Kortelainen , Jouni Suhonen

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

Calculation of the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for double-beta decay is of paramount importance for guiding experiments and for analyzing and interpreting the experimental data, especially for the search of the neutrinoless double beta…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-26 Mihai Horoi , Andrei Neacsu , Sabin Stoica

We devise a framework based on the generalized contact formalism that combines the nuclear shell model and quantum Monte Carlo methods and compute the neutrinoless double-beta decay of experimentally relevant nuclei, including $^{76}$Ge,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-21 Ronen Weiss , Pablo Soriano , Alessandro Lovato , Jaview Menendez , R. B. Wiringa

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

The problem of the near vanishing of the Gamow-Teller transition ($GT$) in the A=14 system between the lowest $J=0^+~ T=1$ and $J=1^+~ T=0$ states is revisited. The model space is extended from the valence space $(p^{-2})$ to the valence…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 M. S. Fayache , L. Zamick , H. Muether

Starting from a manifestly Lorentz-invariant chiral Lagrangian, we present a model-free prediction for the transition amplitude of the process $nn\rightarrow pp e^-e^-$ induced by light Majorana neutrinos, which is a key process of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-21 Y. L. Yang , P. W. Zhao

The neutrinoless double $\beta$-decay is reviewed. Model independent evidence in favor of neutrino masses and mixing is briefly summarized. The data of the recent experiments on the search for $0\nu\beta\beta$-decay are presented and some…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Bilenky

Neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is a heretofore unobserved process which, if observed, would imply that neutrinos are Majorana particles. Interpretations of the stringent experimental constraints on $0\nu\beta\beta$-decay…

We present converged ab initio calculations of short-range neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay nuclear matrix elements for the key experimental isotopes $^{76}$Ge, $^{82}$Se, $^{130}$Te and $^{136}$Xe. Starting from different…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-27 A. Todd , T. Shickele , A. Belley , L. Jokiniemi , J. D. Holt

The Gamow-Teller transition operator is written as a polynomial in the dipole proton-neutron and quadrupole charge conserving QRPA boson operators, using the prescription of the boson expansion technique of Belyaev-Zelevinski type. Then,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Raduta , C. M. Raduta

Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a unique process that could reveal physics beyond the Standard Model. Essential ingredients in the analysis of neutrinoless double-beta rates are the associated nuclear matrix elements. Most of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-12-17 R. A. Sen'kov , M. Horoi

Working with Hamiltonians from chiral effective field theory, we develop a novel framework for describing arbitrary deformed medium-mass nuclei by combining the in-medium similarity renormalization group with the generator coordinate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-06-15 J. M. Yao , B. Bally , J. Engel , R. Wirth , T. R. Rodríguez , H. Hergert

The $(\beta ^{-}\beta ^{-})_{0\nu}$ decay of $^{94,96}$Zr, $^{98,100}$Mo, $^{104}$Ru, $^{110}$Pd, $^{128,130}$Te and $^{150}$Nd isotopes for the $0^{+}\to 0^{+}$ transition is studied in the Projected Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov framework. In…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Chaturvedi , R. Chandra , P. K. Rath , P. K. Raina , J. G. Hirsch

Within the PHFB approach, the $0^{+}\rightarrow 2^{+}$ transition of two neutrino double-$\beta $ decay of $^{94,96}$Zr, $^{100}$Mo, $^{104}$Ru, $^{110}$Pd, $^{128,130}$Te and $^{150}$Nd isotopes is studied employing wave functions…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-10-03 Yash Kaur Singh , R. Chandra , P. K. Raina , P. K. Rath

The neutrinoless double beta ($\znbb$) decay is analyzed within the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model with explicit R-parity violation (\rp MSSM). We have found new supersymmetric contributions to this process and give the complete set…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-01 M. Hirsch , H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus , S. G. Kovalenko

The two neutrino double beta $(\beta ^{-}\beta ^{-})_{2\nu}$ decay of $ ^{94,96}$Zr, $^{98,100}$Mo, $^{104}$Ru, $^{110}$Pd, $^{128,130}$Te and $^{150}$Nd nuclei for the $0^{+}\to 0^{+}$ transition is studied in the PHFB model in conjunction…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-06-06 R. Chandra , P. K. Rath , P. K. Raina , J. G. Hirsch