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Author  |
Guess, C.J. et al; Algora, A.; Estevez, E.; Molina, F.; Rubio, B. |
| Title |
The Nd-150(He-3,t) and Sm-150(t,He-3) reactions with applications to beta beta decay of Nd-150 |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2011 |
Publication |
Physical Review C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. C |
| Volume |
83 |
Issue |
6 |
Pages |
064318 - 17pp |
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| Abstract |
The Nd-150(3He,t) reaction at 140 MeV/u and Sm-150(t,He-3) reaction at 115 MeV/u were measured, populating excited states in Pm-150. The transitions studied populate intermediate states of importance for the (neutrinoless) beta beta decay of Nd-150 to Sm-150. Monopole and dipole contributions to the measured excitation-energy spectra were extracted by using multipole decomposition analyses. The experimental results were compared with theoretical calculations obtained within the framework of the quasiparticle random-phase approximation, which is one of the main methods employed for estimating the half-life of the neutrinoless beta beta decay (0 nu beta beta) of Nd-150. The present results thus provide useful information on the neutrino responses for evaluating the 0 nu beta beta and 2 nu beta beta matrix elements. The 2 nu beta beta matrix element calculated from the Gamow-Teller transitions through the lowest 1(+) state in the intermediate nucleus is maximally about half that deduced from the half-life measured in 2 nu beta beta direct counting experiments, and at least several transitions through 1+ intermediate states in Pm-150 are required to explain the 2 nu beta beta half-life. Because Gamow-Teller transitions in the Sm-150(t,3He) experiment are strongly Pauli blocked, the extraction of Gamow-Teller strengths was complicated by the excitation of the 2 (h) over bar omega, Lambda L = 0, Delta S = 1 isovector spin-flip giant monopole resonance (IVSGMR). However, the near absence of Gamow-Teller transition strength made it possible to cleanly identify this resonance, and the strength observed is consistent with the full exhaustion of the non-energy-weighted sum rule for the IVSGMR. |
| Address |
[Guess, C. J.; Austin, Sam M.; Bazin, D.; Brown, B. A.; Caesar, C.; Deaven, J. M.; Grinyer, G. F.; Herlitzius, C.; Hitt, G. W.; Meharchand, R.; Perdikakis, G.; Verhanovitz, N.; Yurkon, J.; Zegers, R. G. T.] Michigan State Univ, Natl Superconducting Cyclotron Lab, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA, Email: carol.guess@gmail.com |
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| Publisher |
Amer Physical Soc |
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| Language |
English |
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| ISSN |
0556-2813 |
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| Notes |
ISI:000291729400001 |
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no |
| Is ISI |
yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
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649 |
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