English
Related papers

Related papers: $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay nuclear matrix elements und…

200 papers

We report a systematic study of nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) in neutrinoless double-beta decays with a state-of-the-art beyond mean-field covariant density functional theory. The dynamic effects of particle-number and angular-momentum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-10 J. M. Yao , L. S. Song , K. Hagino , P. Ring , J. Meng

The calculations of nuclear matrix elements of $0\nu\beta\beta$-decay is a challenge for nuclear physics. We are discussing here a model independent method, which could allow to test the calculations. The method is based on the…

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

We investigate neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in the minimal extension of the standard model of particle physics, the $\nu$SM, where gauge-singlet right-handed neutrinos give rise to Dirac and Majorana neutrino mass…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-09 Wouter Dekens , Jordy de Vries , Emanuele Mereghetti , Javier Menéndez , Pablo Soriano , Guanghui Zhou

We have investigated the role of proton-neutron pairing in the context of the Quasiparticle Random Phase approximation formalism. This way the neutrinoless double beta decay matrix elements of the experimentally interesting A= 48, 76, 82,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Pantis , F. Simkovic , J. D. Vergados , Amand Faessler

Two-neutrino double-beta ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay has been used to constrain the neutron-proton part of effective interactions, which in turn is used to compute the nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay, the observation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-20 Nobuo Hinohara , Jonathan Engel

We recently proposed a new method to calculate the standard nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of ${}^{48}$Ca going beyond the closure approximation. Here we extend this analysis to the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 R. A. Sen'kov , M. Horoi , B. A. Brown

We explore the relation between the nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay and two other processes: double Gamow-Teller (DGT) and double-magnetic dipole (M1M1) transitions, with focus on medium-mass to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-26 Lotta Jokiniemi , Javier Menéndez

We have examined the importance of momentum dependent induced nucleon currents such as weak-magnetism and pseudoscalar couplings to the amplitude of neutrinoless double beta decay in the mechanisms of light and heavy Majorana neutrino as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Simkovic , G. Pantis , J. D. Vergados , A. Faessler

Nuclear matrix elements (NME) are a crucial input for the interpretation of neutrinoless double beta decay data. We consider a representative set of recent NME calculations from different methods and investigate the impact on the present…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-07-05 Federica Pompa , Thomas Schwetz , Jing-Yu Zhu

We calculate the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for neutrinoless double-beta decays ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of $pf$-shell nuclei using the shell model (SM) and energy density functional (EDF) methods. The systematic study of non-physical decays…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-08-20 Javier Menéndez , Tomas R. Rodríguez , Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo , Alfredo Poves

Nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for two neutrino double beta decays are discussed in terms of the Fermi Surface Quasi-Particle (FSQP) Model. The evaluated NMEs agree with the observed NMEs . The new NMEs for two neutrino double beta decays…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-06 Hiroyasu Ejiri

We analyze nuclear matrix elements (NME) of neutrinoless double beta decay calculated for the Cadmium isotopes. Energy density functional methods including beyond mean field effects such as symmetry restoration and shape mixing are used.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Tomás R. Rodríguez , Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo

Quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) is applied to two nuclei, and overlap of the QRPA excited states based on the different nuclei is calculated. The aim is to calculate the overlap of intermediate nuclear states of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 J. Terasaki

In this study, we calculate the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for the light neutrino-exchange mechanism of neutrinoless double beta $0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{124}$Sn within the framework of the interacting nuclear shell model using the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-05 Shahariar Sarkar , P. K. Rath , V. Nanal , R. G. Pillay , Pushpendra P. Singh , Y. Iwata , K. Jha , P. K. Raina

Nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay in candidate nuclei play a crucial role in interpreting results from current experiments and in designing future ones. Accurate NME values serve as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-08-08 C. R. Ding , Gang Li , J. M. Yao

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 study in this letter the behavior of the neutrinoless double beta decay nuclear matrix elements (NME's) in the framework of the Interacting Shell Model. We analize them in terms of the total angular momentum of the decaying neutron pair…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Caurier , J. Menendez , F. Nowacki , A. Poves

The transition matrix elements for the $0^{+}\to 0^{+}$ double beta decays are calculated for $^{48}Ca$, $^{76}Ge $, $^{82}Se$, $^{100}Mo$, $^{128}Te$ and $^{130}Te$ nuclei, using a ${\delta}$-interaction. As a guide, to fix the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-14 F. Krmpotić , S. Shelly Sharma

We investigate the possibility to discriminate between different pairs of CP non-conserving mechanisms inducing the neutrinoless double beta $\betabeta$-decay by using data on $\betabeta$-decay half-lives of nuclei with largely different…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Meroni , S. T. Petcov , F. Simkovic

A large Hilbert space is used for the calculation of the nuclear matrix elements governing the light neutrino mass mediated mode of neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge76, Mo100, Cd116, Te128 and Xe136 within the proton-neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 F. Simkovic , J. Schwieger , G. Pantis , Amand Faessler