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Isoscalar pairing interaction for the quasiparticle random-phase approximation approach to double-$\beta$ and $\beta$ decays

Nuclear Theory 2019-10-02 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We have proposed in a series of previous papers a method to determine the effective axial-vector current coupling and the strength of the isoscalar proton-neutron pairing interaction for calculating the nuclear matrix elements of the neutrinoless double-β\beta decay by the quasiparticle random-phase approximation. The combination of these two parameters have had an uncertainty in this approach, but now this uncertainty is removed. In this paper, we apply our method to the neutrinoless double-β\beta decays of 136^{136}Xe and 130^{130}Te and predict the nuclear matrix elements and reduced half-lives. Our calculation is tested first by a self-check method using the two-neutrino double-β\beta decay, and this test ensures the application of our method to 136^{136}Xe. It turns out, however, that our method is not successful in 130^{130}Te. Further test is made for our calculation of the β\beta decay of 138^{138}Xe, and a satisfactory result is obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1901.05165,
  title  = {Isoscalar pairing interaction for the quasiparticle random-phase approximation approach to double-$\beta$ and $\beta$ decays},
  author = {J. Terasaki and Y. Iwata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.05165},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

13 pages, 15 figures

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