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Heavy neutron-rich nuclei close to N=126 were produced by fragmentation of a 1 A GeV 208Pb beam at the FRS at GSI. The beta-decay half-lives of 8 nuclides have been determined. The comparison of the data with model calculations including an…

The accurate description of nuclear $\beta^{-}$-decay has far-reaching consequences for applications spanning nuclear reactors to the creation of heavy elements in astrophysical environments. We present the nuclear particle spectra…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-08 M. R. Mumpower , T. Kawano , O. Korobkin , G. W. Misch , T. M. Sprouse

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

A phenomenological model is proposed for a systematic description of the spontaneous fission (SF) half-lives $T_{\rm SF}$ of heavy and super-heavy nuclei. Based on the effective tunneling barrier (ETB), the proposed approach reproduces the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-29 Yi Xie , Ning Wang , Zhongzhou Ren

The neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay is a hypothetical rare nuclear decay, which can be used for determining the neutrino-mass scale. The scheme to use this decay for determining the neutrino-mass scale is one of few limited methods…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-23 J. Terasaki

Context. In many plasmas, long-lived metastable atomic levels are depopulated by collisions (quenched) before they decay radiatively. In low-density regions, however, the low collision rate may allow depopulation by electric dipole (E1)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-03-07 H. Hartman , J. Gurell , P. Lundin , P. Schef , A. Hibbert , H. Lundberg , S. Mannervik , L. -O. Norlin , P. Royen

The prediction of nuclear half-lives is vital for understanding nuclear stability with significant applications in astrophysics, nuclear energy, and medical physics. This study investigates the $\alpha$-decay half-lives of 154 actinide…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-18 N. Sowmya , H. C. Manjunatha , Roshini. K. N , R. S. Susheela

The alpha decay half-lives of recently synthesized superheavy nuclei (SHN) are calculated by applying a new approach which estimates them with the help of their neighbors based on some simple formulas. The estimated half-life values are in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-11-03 Jianmin Dong , Wei Zuo , Werner Scheid

The allowed charge-changing transitions are the most common weak interaction processes of spin-isospin form that play a crucial role in several nuclear/astrophysical processes. The first-forbidden (FF) transition becomes important, in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-07 Muhammad Majid , Jameel-Un Nabi , Gul Daraz

The half-life of \tsups{37}K has been measured to be $1.23651(94)~\mathrm{s}$, a value nearly an order of magnitude more precise than the best previously reported. The $\beta^+$ decay of \tsups{37}K occurs mainly via a superallowed branch…

Theoretical estimates of $\alpha$-decay half lives of several nuclei in the decay from element 113 are presented. Calculations in a WKB framework using DDM3Y interaction and experimental Q-values are in good agreement with the experimental…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Roy Chowdhury , D. N. Basu , C. Samanta

We present the beta decay half-lives calculation for selected even even nuclei that decay through electron emission. The kinematical portion of the half-life calculation was performed using a recently introduced technique for computation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-14 Jameel-Un Nabi , Mavra Ishfaq , Ovidiu Nitescu , Mihail Mirea , Sabin Stoica

We have calculated $\beta^-$ decay rates to the continuum and bound states of some fully ionized atoms in the stellar s-process environment having free electron density and temperature in the range $n_e = 10^{26} $ cm$^{-3} - 10^{27} $…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-06 Arkabrata Gupta , Chirashree Lahiri , S. Sarkar

With recent measurements of the two neutrino double beta decay high precision electron spectra, combining with charge exchange or $\beta$-decay experimental data, we give severe constraints over the current nuclear many body calculations.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-12-27 Dong-Liang Fang

After briefly reviewing $\beta \beta$ decay as a test of the neutrino mass, I examine the nuclear structure involved in this process. Simple formulas (\`{a} la Pad\'{e}) are designed for the transition amplitudes and the general behavior of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-14 F. Krmpotić

The decay of odd-odd $^{150}$Pm has been studied by populating the nucleus with the $^{150}$Nd(p,n)$^{150}$Pm reaction at E$_{beam}$ = 8.0 MeV using 97$\%$ enriched $^{150}$Nd target. The presence of an isomeric state with $\beta$ decay…

Most uncertainties regarding the theoretical study of the neutrinoless double-beta decay are related to the accuracy of the nuclear matrix elements that appear in the expressions of the lifetimes. We calculate the nuclear matrix elements…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 Andrei Neacsu , Mihai Horoi

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

The lifetimes for the double beta decays of $^{76}$Ge, $^{82}$Se and $^{136}$Xe are calculated using very large shell model spaces. The two neutrino matrix elements obtained are in good agreement with the present experimental data. For…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 E. Caurier , F. Nowacki , A. Poves , J. Retamosa

A comprehensive study of favoured and unfavoured $\alpha$-decay, cluster decay, weak-decay along with spontaneous fission in undetected superheavy nuclei within the range for proton number 111$\leq$Z$\leq$118 and neutron number…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-07-26 A. Jain , P. K. Sharma , S. K. Jain , Dashty T. Akrawy , G. Saxena