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gA-driven shapes of electron spectra of forbidden β decays in the nuclear shell model
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Kostensalo, J., & Suhonen, J. (2017). gA-driven shapes of electron spectra of forbidden β decays
in the nuclear shell model. Physical Review C, 96(2), Article 024317.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.024317
PHYSICALREVIEWC96,024317(2017)
g -drivenshapesofelectronspectraofforbiddenβ decaysinthenuclearshellmodel
A
JoelKostensalo* andJouniSuhonen†
DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofJyvaskyla,P.O.Box35,FI-40014,Finland
(Received10May2017;published21August2017)
The evolution of the shape of the electron spectra of 16 forbidden β− decays as a function of g was
A
studiedusingthenuclearshellmodelinappropriatesingle-particlemodelspaceswithestablished,well-tested
nuclearHamiltonians.Theβspectraof94Nb(6+)→ 94Mo(4+)and98Tc(6+)→ 98Ru(4+)werefoundtodepend
stronglyong ,whichmakesthemexcellentcandidatesforthedeterminationoftheeffectivevalueofg withthe
A A
spectrum-shapemethod(SSM).Astrongg dependenceisalsoseeninthespectrumof96Zr(0+)→ 96Nb(6+).
A
Thisdecaycouldbeusedfordeterminingthequenchingofg insixth-forbiddendecaysinthefuture,whenthe
A
measurementofthespectrumbecomesexperimentallyfeasible.Thecalculatedshell-modelelectronspectraofthe
ground-state-to-ground-statedecaysof87Rb,99Tc,and137Csandthedecayof137Cstotheisomeric11/2−state
in137Bawerefoundtobeinexcellentagreementwiththespectrapreviouslycalculatedusingthemicroscopic
quasiparticle-phononmodel.ThisisfurtherevidenceoftherobustnatureoftheSSMobservedintheprevious
studies.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.96.024317
I. INTRODUCTION valueoftheweakcouplingconstants.IntheSSMtheshapes
of computed and experimental (normalized) electron spectra
At the nuclear level β decay can be considered as a
are compared in order to find the ratio g /g for nonunique
mutual interaction of the hadronic and leptonic currents forbiddenbetaβ−decays,forwhichthes A hap V efactorsdepend
mediated by a massive vector boson W± [1]. The leptonic
ong /g inaverynontrivialway.InRef.[21]theSSMwas
and hadronic currents can be expressed as a mixture of both A V
applied to the fourth-forbidden ground-state-to-ground-state
vector and axial-vector components [2–4]. The weak vector
transitionof113Cdusingthemicroscopicquasiparticle-phonon
andaxial-vectorcouplingconstantsg andg enterthetheory
V A model (MQPM) [22,23], the nuclear shell model (NSM)
when the hadronic current is renormalized at the nucleon
[24–26], the microscopic interacting boson-fermion model
level[5].Theconservedvector-currenthypothesis(CVC)and
(IBFM-2) [27,28], and experimental spectrum of Ref. [29].
partially conserved axial-vector-current hypothesis (PCAC)
The closest match between the theoretical and experimental
yield the free-nucleon values g =1.00 and g =1.27 [6]
V A spectra was found when g /g ≈0.92 for all three nuclear
but inside nuclear matter the value of g is affected by A V
A models.Thehalf-lifecomparisonmethod,ontheotherhand,
many-nucleon correlations and a quenched value might be
gave very different results when different nuclear models
neededtoreproduceexperimentaldata[1].Preciseinformation
were used. In Ref. [30] it was noticed that the shape of the
ontheeffectivevalueofg iscrucialwhenpredictinghalf-lives
A spectrum was largely unaffected by modest changes in the
of neutrinoless double beta decays since the half-lives are
MQPM wave function, even though the predicted half-life
proportionaltothefourthpowerofg [7,8].
A wasaffectedsignificantly.Theobservationsoftheseprevious
The effective value of g has earlier been probed using a
A studiessuggestthattheSSMisveryrobust,quiteinsensitiveto
half-lifecomparisonmethod,inwhichthepredictedandexper-
thedetailsoftheadoptednuclearmeanfieldandHamiltonian.
imentalvaluesarecomparedfordifferentvaluesofg .Thishas
A Itisthusareliabletoolforprobingtheratiog /g .
beendoneforGamow-Tellerandfirst-forbiddendecaysusing A V
The g -driven evolution of the shapes of several exper-
nuclear matrix elements calculated with the proton-neutron A
imentally measurable forbidden nonunique decay spectra in
quasiparticlerandom-phaseapproximation(pnQRPA)[9–13].
medium-heavyodd-AnucleiwasstudiedusingtheMQPMin
Thehalf-lifecomparisonmethodpredictsthatthevalueofg
A Ref.[30].Onlyfourgoodcandidatesfortheapplicationofthe
is quenched significantly in these transitions. Also in the old
spectrum-shape method have been found thus far. These are
studies[14–17]offirst-forbiddenβdecays,strongquenchings
theground-state-to-ground-statedecaysof87Rb,99Tc,113Cd,
werepredicted.Inarecentshell-modelstudy[18]ofr-process
and 115In [20,30]. In the present paper we set out to find
waiting-pointnuclei,astrongquenchingofg wasconfirmed.
A potential new candidates for the application of the SSM in
Thehalf-lifecomparisonmethodcouldbeusedtofindoutif
light to medium-heavy nuclei using the nuclear shell model.
similar quenching of g is seen in highly forbidden unique
A We also compare the NSM and MQPM β spectra of 87Rb,
beta decays by using the half-lives calculated in Ref. [19],
99Tc,and137Cstoseeifthemodelindependenceobservedin
onceexperimentaldatabecomeavailable.
Ref.[21]appliesforthesedecaysaswell.Thedecaysof137Cs
In Ref. [20] the spectrum-shape method (SSM) was tothe3/2+groundstateandthe11/2−isomericstateof137Ba
introduced as a complementary way to study the effective
are particularly interesting for comparing the differences in
the MQPM and NSM spectra, since the MQPM calculations
predictag -independentspectrumshapeforthesedecays.
A
*joel.j.kostensalo@student.jyu.fi This article is organized as follows. In Sec. II we give
†jouni.suhonen@phys.jyu.fi the theoretical background behind the β spectrum shape. In
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Sec.IIIwedescribetheapplicationofthenuclearshellmodel θ beingtheCabibboangle.Inordertosimplifytheformalism
C
tothespectrumshapeofforbiddenβ− decays.InSec.IVwe it is usual to introduce unitless kinematic quantit(cid:2)ies w
e
=
presentourresultsandinSec.Vwedrawtheconclusions. W /m c2,w =W /m c2,andp =p c/(m c2)= w2−1.
e e 0 0 e e e e
Withtheunitlessquantitiestheintegratedshapefactorcanbe
II. THEORETICALFORMALISM
expressedas
We begin the description of the β− decay by making the (cid:3)
so-calledimpulseapproximation,inwhichattheexactmoment C˜ =
w0
C(w )pw (w −w )2F (Z,w )dw . (6)
of decay the decaying nucleon only interacts via the weak e e 0 e 0 e e
1
interaction and the strong interaction with the other A−1
nucleons can be ignored. Since the vector boson W− has a The shape factor C(w e ) of Eq. (6) contains complicated
largemassandthuspropagatesonlyashortdistance,theflow combinationsofboth(universal)kinematicfactorsandNMEs.
lines of the nucleons, i.e., the hadronic current, and the flow In this paper we use the nuclear shell model to calculate the
lines of the emitted leptons, i.e., the leptonic current, can be one-bodytransitiondensitiesrelatedtotheNMEsoftheshape
considered to interact at a pointlike weak-interaction vertex factor. The details of the shape factor and the constitution
with an effective coupling constant G , the Fermi constant. of its NMEs can be found from Refs. [32,33]. As in the
F
The parity nonconserving nature of the weak interaction is previous SSM studies [20,21,30] we go beyond the earlier
reflected in the fact that the hadronic current can be written studies[32,33]andtakeintoaccountthenext-to-leading-order
at the quark level (up u and down d quarks) as a mixture of
vectorandaxial-vectorcomponentsas[2–4]
Jμ =u¯(x)γμ(1−γ )d(x), (1)
H 5
whereγμ aretheusualDiracmatricesandγ =iγ0γ1γ2γ3.
5
Renormalization effects of strong interactions must be taken
intoaccountwhenmovingfromthequarkleveltothehadron
level.Thehadroniccurrentatthenucleonlevel(neutronnand
protonp)canthenbewrittenas[5,6]
Jμ =p¯(x)γμ(g −g γ )n(x), (2)
H V A 5
where g and g are the weak vector and axial-vector
V A
couplingconstants,respectively.Theconservedvector-current
hypothesisofthestandardmodel(CVC)givesthefree-nucleon
valueg =1.0fortheweakvectorcouplingconstantandthe
V
partially conserved axial-vector-current hypothesis (PCAC)
gives the free-nucleon value g =1.27 for the weak axial-
A
vector coupling constant. Inside the nuclear matter the value
of g is affected by many-nucleon correlations and so the
A
free nucleon value might not be the one to use in practical
calculations [6]. The present paper is a step towards solving
theproblemofwhatvaluetouseforg insidefinitenuclei.
A
Intheimpulseapproximationtheprobabilityoftheelectron
beingemittedwithkineticenergybetweenW andW +dW
e e e
is
G 1
P(W )dW = F C(W )
e e (h¯c)62π3h¯ e
×p cW (W −W )2F (Z,W )dW , (3)
e e 0 e 0 e e
where p is the momentum of the electron, Z is the proton
e
number, F (Z,W ) is the Fermi function, and W is the
0 e 0
end-point energy of the β spectrum. The nuclear structure
informationisburiedintheshapefactorC(w ).
e
Thehalf-lifeofaβ decaycanbewrittenas
κ
t = , (4)
1/2 C˜
whereC˜ istheintegratedshapefactorandtheconstantκ has FIG.1. Normalized electron spectra for the second-forbidden
thevalue[31] nonunique β− decays of 36Cl [panel (a)] and 60Fe [panel (c)], and
thefourth-forbiddennonuniquedecayof50V[panel(b)].Thevalue
κ = 2π3h¯7ln2 =6147s, (5) g V =1.00 was adopted and the color coding represents the value
m5c4(G cosθ )2 ofg .
e F C A
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A
termsoftheshapefunction.Thedetailsofthenext-to-leading tocalculatetheelectronspectraofthesedecays.TheGXPF1A
ordershapefactorsarediscussedin[21]. interactionisverygoodatpredictingthepropertiesofpf-shell
The shape factor C(w ) can be decomposed into vector, nuclei. However, since the computational burden increases
e
axial-vector, and mixed vector-axial-vector parts. In this dramatically when the number of particles approaches half
decompositiontheshapefactoris of the maximum in the valence space, this interaction could
| | | | | | | | | | 60Fe(0+)→ | | 60Co(2+) | | | |
| --- | --- | ------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | ------ | -------- | --------- | --- | -------- | --- | ----- | ----------- |
| | | | | | | | not be | used for | the | | | | decay | transition. |
| | )=g | 2C )+g | 2C | )+g | | | | | | | | | | |
C(w e V (w e A (w e V g A C VA (w e ). (7) Instead, a model space spanning the π0f , ν1p , ν0f ,
| | | V | A | | | | | | | | | 7/2 | 3/2 | 5/2 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ------ | ------------------------------------------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | | | andν1p | orbitalswasadoptedwiththeHorie-Ogawainter- | | | | | | |
1/2
IntegratingEq.(7)overtheelectronkineticenergy,wegetan
| | | | | | | | action [40,41]. | | pfg | shell: | the jj44b | interaction | | developed |
| ---------------------------------------------- | --- | -------- | ----- | ---- | ---- | --- | --------------- | ------- | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- |
| analogousexpressionfortheintegratedshapefactor | | | | | | | | | 9 / 2 | | | −1p−0g | | |
| | | | | | | | by Brown | and | Lise t s kiy | for | the 0f | | | model |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/2 | | 9/2 |
| | | | | | | | space (see | endnote | on | Ref. [28] | of | [42]) | was used | for the |
| | | C˜ =g2C˜ | +g2C˜ | +g g | C˜ , | (8) | | | | | | | | |
V V A A V A VA calculation of the 87Rb(3/2−)→ 87Sr(9/2+) transition. For
A=94–99
wherethefactorsC˜ inEq.(8)arejustconstants,independent the decays of the nuclei, the effective interac-
i
| | | | | | | | tion of | Gloeckner | [43] | in the | model | space | spanning | the |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ------- | --------- | ---- | ------ | ----- | ----- | -------- | --- |
oftheelectronenergy.
| | | | | | | | π1p , | π0g | , ν2s | , and 2d | was | used. | sdgh | shell: |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | -------- | ------- | ----------------- | -------- | ---------- | ----- | --------- | ------ |
| | | | | | | | 1/2 | 9/2 | 1/2 | | 5/2 | | | 11/2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 126Sn(0+)→ | | 126Sb(2+) | |
| | | | | | | | finally, | for the | decay transitions | | | | | and |
III. ADOPTEDMODELSPACESANDNUCLEAR 137Cs(7/2+)→ 137Ba(11/2−,3/2+) the Sn100pn interaction
HAMILTONIANS
| | | | | | | | [44]inthe0g | 7/2 | 2s1d0h | 11/2 modelspacewasadopted. | | | | |
| --- | -------- | ------- | ----- | --------- | -------------- | ---- | ----------- | --- | ------ | -------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The | electron | spectra | of 16 | forbidden | β− transitions | were | | | | | | | | |
g
| calculated | for | different | values | of the coupling | constant | A | | | | | | | | |
| ---------- | --- | --------- | ------ | --------------- | -------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
IV. RESULTSANDDISCUSSION
| using | the nuclear | matrix | elements | produced | by the | nuclear | | | | | | | | |
| ----- | ----------- | ------ | -------- | -------- | ------ | ------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
shellmodel.Thecalculationsweredoneusingtheshellmodel Below we present our results: the electron spectra of
code NuShellX@MSU [34], with appropriate model spaces 16 forbidden β− decays (Figs. 1–5) and their integrated
and well established Hamiltonians chosen for each studied shape factors (Table I). The electron spectra are discussed
decay individually. No additional truncations, beyond those inSec.IVAandtheintegratedshapefactorsinSec.IVB.
usedintheoriginalworks,wereintroduced.Thecalculations
wererunonadesktopcomputerwitha3.3GHzprocessor,so
| | | | | | | | | A. Electronspectraandtheeffectivevalueofg | | | | | | |
| ---------------------- | --- | ------ | --- | ----------- | ------------ | ---- | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| the computational | | burden | had | to be taken | into account | when | | | | | | | | A |
| choosingthemodelspace. | | | | | | | Thestudiedspectrafallintothreegroups. | | | | | | | |
TheadoptedmodelspacesandHamiltoniansareasfollows. GROUP 1. The first group, for which the spectra can be
sdshell:forthecalculationofthewavefunctionsandone-body found in Figs. 1 and 2, consists of six transitions for which
| transitiondensitiesrelatedtothedecay36Cl(2+)→ | | | | | 36Ar(0+) | | | | | | | | | |
| --------------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | -------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
theSSManalysishasnotbeendonepriortothisstudy.These
weadoptedthe0d–1smodelspaceandthephenomenological decaysarepotentiallyinterestingforthepracticalapplication
USDBinteraction[35].pfshell:asintheearliershell-model ofthespectrum-shapemethod,sincemostofthemaresecond-
studiesregardingthehalf-livesofthetransitions48Ca(0+)→
| | | | | | | | forbidden | nonunique | transitions | | with | branching | ratios | above |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --------- | --------- | ----------- | --- | ---- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
48Sc(4+,5+,6+)[36]and50V(6+)→ 50Cr(2+)[37],the0f– 90%. The only exception is the undetected fourth-forbidden
1pmodelspacewiththeinteractionGXPF1A[38,39]wasused β− decay branch of 50V, for which the branching ratio has
TABLEI. UnitlessintegratedshapefunctionsC˜ ofthestudiedtransitionsandtheirvectorC˜ ,axial-vectorC˜ ,andmixedcomponents
| | | | | | | | | | V | | | A | | |
| -------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | ----------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ----- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C˜ .ForthetotalintegratedshapefactorC˜ | | | | | | | | | =g | =1.0. | | | | |
| VA | | | | thevaluesofthecouplingconstantsweresettog | | | | | V A | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C˜ | | C˜ | | | C˜ | | | C˜ |
| Transition | | | | Type | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | V | | A | | | VA | | | |
137Cs(7/2+)→137Ba(11/2−) 1stuniq. 9.681×10−11 8.322×10−6 3.761×10−8 8.359×10−6
36Cl(2+)→36Ar(0+) 6.081×10−9 3.152×10−10 −2.746×10−9 3.650×10−9
2ndnonuniq.
60Fe(0+)→60Co(2+) 2.347×10−13 5.232×10−11 −7.000×10−12 4.556×10−11
2ndnonuniq.
94Nb(6+)→94Mo(4+) 2ndnonuniq. 1.598×10−8 1.469×10−8 −3.058×10−8 1.029×10−10
98Tc(6+)→98Ru(4+) 2ndnonuniq. 2.723×10−8 2.544×10−8 −5.254×10−8 1.207×10−10
99Tc(9/2+)→99Ru(5/2+) 2ndnonuniq. 2.240×10−9 2.130×10−9 −4.361×10−9 8.777×10−12
126Sn(0+)→126Sb(2+) 1.422×10−8 7.125×10−9 2.011×10−8 4.145×10−8
2ndnonuniq.
137Cs(7/2+)→137Ba(3/2+) 4.211×10−6 2.836×10−6 6.879×10−6 1.392×10−5
2ndnonuniq.
87Rb(3/2−)→87Sr(9/2+) 3rdnonuniq. 1.185×10−13 2.082×10−14 −9.734×10−14 4.202×10−14
48Ca(0+)→48Sc(4+) 4thnonuniq. 8.946×10−28 5.934×10−29 −4.606×10−28 4.934×10−28
50V(6+)→50Cr(2+) 4thnonuniq. 1.024×10−23 9.137×10−25 2.131×10−24 1.329×10−23
96Zr(0+)→96Nb(4+) 3.176×10−27 3.170×10−28 −2.006×10−27 1.486×10−27
4thnonuniq.
48Ca(0+)→48Sc(5+) 2.577×10−30 3.931×10−25 1.334×10−27 3.945×10−25
4thuniq.
96Zr(0+)→96Nb(5+) 4thuniq. 1.765×10−29 1.551×10−24 6.844×10−27 1.558×10−24
48Ca(0+)→48Sc(6+) 6thnonuniq. 1.124×10−32 3.498×10−34 3.947×10−33 1.554×10−32
96Zr(0+)→96Nb(6+) 5.811×10−33 7.494×10−33 −1.318×10−32 1.234×10−34
6thnonuniq.
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FIG.2. SameasFig.1butforthesecond-forbiddennonunique FIG.3. Same as Fig. 1 but for the decays 48Ca(0+)→
decaysof94Nb[panel(a)],98Tc[panel(b)],and126Sn[panel(c)]. 48Sc(4+,5+,6+)[panels(a),(b),and(c)].
beenpredictedtobe≈2%byarecentshell-modelcalculation
| | | | beindependentofthevalueofg | A ,whilethedependencewas | | |
| --- | --- | --- | -------------------------- | ------------------------ | --- | --- |
[36]. An earlier study [30] of the g -driven evolution of the significant for 87Rb and 99Tc. The shell-model and MQPM
A
electronspectraofodd-Anucleidemonstratedthatthesecond spectra of these decays are compared in order to see if the
andespeciallythefourth-forbiddennonuniqueβ-decayspectra 113Cd 115In
| | | | previously observed | model independence | of and | |
| --- | --- | --- | ------------------- | ------------------ | ------ | --- |
dependstronglyontheeffectivevalueoftheweakaxial-vector spectra[21]holdsalsoforthesedecays.
couplingconstant. The spectra presented in Figs. 1 and 2 (GROUP 1) fall
GROUP 2. The second group consists of the fourth- into two subgroups. The spectra of 36Cl, 50V, and 60Fe
48Ca(0+)→ 48Sc(4+,5+,6+) [Fig.1,panels(a),(b),and(c)],and126Sn[Fig.2,panel(c)]
| to-sixth-forbidden | decays | | and | | | |
| ------------------------- | ------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 96Zr(0+)→ 96Nb(4+,5+,6+), | | | | | | |
for which the beta spectra are do not exhibit noticeable dependence on the value of the
presented in Figs. 3 and 4. The decays of 48Ca and 96Zr axial-vector coupling constant. This is very surprising since
thedecayof50Visfourthforbidden,andallthesevenstudied
appeartobedominatedbythetwo-neutrinodoublebetadecay
mode [36,45,46], so the study of these decays is somewhat fourth-forbidden decays in Ref. [30] depend heavily on g .
A
challenging experimentally. However, they can shed light on The spectra of the second subgroup, 94Nb and 98Tc [Fig. 2,
whether the spectra of highly forbidden beta decays are g panels (a) and (b)], are significantly g dependent. The g
| | | | A | | A | A |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
dependentornot. driven evolution of the spectra is not only very similar for
GROUP 3. The third group consists of four de- these two decays, but also nearly identical to the one of
cays: 137Cs(7/2+)→ 137Ba(11/2−,3/2+), 99Tc(9/2+)→ 99Tc, shown in Fig. 5, panel (c), even though the Q value
| 99Ru(5/2+), | 87Rb(3/2−)→ | 87Sr(9/2+). | | | | |
| ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
and The electron of these decays varies between 300 keV and 450 keV. A
spectra of these decays was studied previously in [30] using similargroupingphenomenonwasseenforseveraldecaysin
the MQPM. The spectra of the 137Cs decays were found to [30]:forexampletheshapesofthespectraoffourth-forbidden
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A
| | | | in | the present | paper | and | the | fourth-forbidden | | ones | studied |
| --- | --- | --- | ----------- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------- | -------- | ---------------- | --------- | -------- | -------- |
| | | | in | [30]. | The branching | | ratio | is, however, | | so small | that the |
| | | | measurement | | of | this spectrum | | is not | currently | within | reach |
| | | | of | experiments. | | It is | somewhat | striking | that, | from | the 38 |
differentforbiddendecaysstudiedinthepresentpaperandin
| | | | Ref.[30],strongg | | | dependenceisseenonlyineven-forbidden | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | ---------------- | --- | --- | ------------------------------------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
A
decays.
| | | | | In Fig. | 5 the | shell-model | | and | MQPM | spectra | of the |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | ------- | ----- | ----------- | --- | --- | ---- | ------- | ------ |
experimentallyinterestingdecaysfoundinRef.[30]areshown
| | | | for | comparison. | | For 87Rb | [panels | (a) | and (b)], | which | is the |
| --- | --- | --- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | --- | -------- | ------- | --- | --------- | ----- | ------ |
| | | | bestcandidateforthedeterminationofthequenchingofg | | | | | | | | in |
A
| | | | third-forbidden | | | decays, | the MQPM | | and shell-model | | spectra |
| --- | --- | --- | --------------- | --- | --- | ------- | -------- | --- | --------------- | --- | ------- |
99Tc
| | | | are | practically | | identical. | For | | [panels | (c) and | (d)] the |
| --- | --- | --- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | ---------- | ------- | ------ | ------- | ------------- | -------- |
| | | | evolution | | predicted | by | the two | models | is | also similar, | but |
| | | | in | the range | g | =0.9–1.1 | there | is | some | difference | in the |
A
shape,leadingtoapotentialsmalluncertaintyinthevalueof
| | | | g | when | comparing | to | the experimental | | spectrum, | | hopefully |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- | --------- | --- | ---------------- | --- | --------- | --- | --------- |
A
availableinthe(near)future.Thetwostudieddecaysof137Cs
| | | | [panels | (e) | and | (f)] were | found | to be | g A independent | | when |
| --- | --- | --- | ------- | --- | --- | --------- | ----- | ----- | --------------- | --- | ---- |
usingtheMQPMmodelinRef.[30].Theshell-modelspectra
| | | | calculatedforthesedecayswerenotonlyalsog | | | | | | | independent, | |
| --- | --- | --- | ---------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ------------ | --- |
A
butoverlapwiththeMQPMspectraperfectly.Measurements
| | | | of | these | spectra | would | by very | desirable, | | since they | would |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | ----- | ------- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | --- | ---------- | ----- |
shedlightonthequalityofthecalculatedspectra,independent
ofthechosennuclearmodel.
| | | | | | | B. IntegratedshapefactorC˜ | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --------------------------- | --- | -------------------------- | --- | ----------------------- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | TheintegratedshapefactorsC˜ | | | | andtheirdecompositionto | | | |
thecomponentsofEq.(8)arepresentedinTableI.Forallthe
studieddecaysthesignofthevectorandaxial-vectorcompo-
nentsispositiveandthesignofthemixedvector-axial-vector
componentvaries.Forthesecond-forbiddennonuniquedecays
| | | | of | 94Nb and | 98,99Tc | which | have | very | similar | spectrum-shape | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | -------- | ------- | ----- | ---- | ---- | ------- | -------------- | --- |
evolution,thevector-andaxial-vectorcomponentsareroughly
equalandthevector-axial-vectorcomponentisroughlytwice
96Zr(0+)→
| FIG.4. | Same as Fig. 1 | but for the decays | | | | | | | | | |
| ------ | -------------- | ------------------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
96Nb(4+,5+,6+)[panels(a),(b),and(c)]. aslarge,butwithanegativesign.Theresultingtotalintegrated
| | | | shape | factor | is two | magnitudes | | smaller | than | its components. | |
| --- | --- | --- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---------- | --- | ------- | ----------------- | --------------- | --- |
| | | | Forthesixth-forbiddendecay96Zr(0+)→ | | | | | | 96Nb(6+)theaxial- | | |
ground-state-to-ground-stateβ−decaysof97Zr,101Mo,117Cd,
vectorcomponentis30%largerthanthevectorcomponentand
and119Inhaveanalmostidenticalg evolution. thevector-axial-vectorcomponentisagainroughlythesumof
A
Decays of GROUP 2, 48Ca(0+)→ 48Sc(4+,5+,6+) and thetwoothercomponentsandnegativeinsign.
| 96Zr(0+)→ | 96Nb(4+,5+,6+),werestudiedinordertoseeif | | | 87Rb | | | | | | | |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------- | --- | --- | ---- | --- | ------------- | --- | ---------- | --- | -------- | ------ |
| | | | | For | the | decomposition | | is similar | to | the case | of the |
C˜
thereappearssomeinterestingsystematicbehavior.Sincethe MQPM: the vector component is the largest, the axial-
V
shape of the spectra of fourth-forbidden nonunique decays vectorcomponentC˜ isabout20%ofC˜ ,andthevector-axial-
| | | | | | | A | | | V | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
of odd-A nuclei depends on g in a significant way, it vectorcomponentC˜ isthesmallestandhasanegativesign.
| | | A | | | | VA | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
is interesting to see if this holds for the even-A nuclei. However,thecomponentsandthetotalintegratedshapefactor
Since the spectrum on 50V is largely independent of the are approximately 30% larger for the MQPM. In the case of
valuesoftheweakcouplingconstants,thedependenceisnot 99TcthedifferenceismuchlargerandtheMQPMresultsare
strong for at least some fourth-forbidden decays. The shape roughlytwicetheshellmodelones.Forthetwostudieddecays
48Ca(0+)→ 48Sc(4+,5+,6+)
of the electron spectra of and of137Csthereisnog dependence.Thedecaytotheisomeric
A
96Zr(0+)→ 96Nb(4+,5+)transitionsisindependentofg ,as 11/2−stateisuniqueandthus(practically)g independent.On
| | | A | | | | | | | A | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
showninFig.3,panels(a),(b),and(c)andinFig.4,panels(a) theotherhand,thedecaytothe3/2+groundstateisnonunique
and(b),revealingasecondexception,48Ca(0+)→ 48Sc(4+), independentsincethethreecomponentsofC˜
| | | | butg | A | | | | | | | havethe |
| --- | --- | --- | ---- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ------- |
totheg -dependentfourth-forbiddennonuniquedecays.The samesignandnointerferencebetweenthecomponentsoccurs.
A
sixth-forbidden decay 96Zr(0+)→ 96Nb(6+) [Fig. 4, panel ForthesetwodecaysthenormalizedshellmodelandMQPM
C˜
(c)],ontheotherhand,exhibitsastrongg A dependence.The electron spectra overlap perfectly but the difference in is
evolutionisverydifferentfromtheoneofthe94Nband98Tc considerable. Again, the relative fractional decomposition is
[Fig.2,panels(a)and(b)],and99Tc[Fig.5,panel(c)]studied almost identical for the two nuclear models, but the absolute
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FIG.5. Presentlycalculatedshell-modelspectraandtheMQPMspectra,firstpublishedinRef.[30],fortheground-state-to-ground-state
decaysof87Rb[panels(a)and(b)],99Tc[panels(c)and(d)],and137Cs[panel(f)],andthedecayof137Cstotheisomeric11/2−statein137Ba
[panel(e)].Thecolorcodinginthespectraof87Rband99Tcreferstothevalueofg .Theshapeoftheelectronspectraofthetwo137Csdecays
A
isg independent,andthecolorcodinginthesedecaysreferstotheadoptednuclearmodel.Thefree-nucleonvalueg =1.00wasusedinall
| A | | | | | | | V | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
calculations.
valueoftheMQPMC˜ is40-foldtheshellmodeloneforthe objective of the study was to find experimentally detectable
decaytothe11/2−state,and8-foldforthedecaytothe3/2+ transitionsforwhichtheshapeoftheelectronspectradepends
state.DuetotheC˜−1dependenceofthehalf-life,thehalf-lives sensitively on the value of the weak coupling constants.
predicted by the two models do not agree with each other at Comparingthecalculatedandmeasuredspectratheeffective
all.Thisisastrongindicationthatthespectrum-shapemethod valueofg canbeextracted.
A
| | | | | | The electron | spectra | of 94Nb(6+)→ | 94Mo(4+) | and |
| --------------------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ------------ | -------- | ------------ | -------- | --- |
| isamorerobusttoolfordeterminingtheeffectivevalueofg | | | | A | | | | | |
| | | | | | 98Tc(6+)→ | 98Ru(4+) | | | |
thanjustasimplehalf-lifecomparison. depend significantly on the effective
| | | | | | value of | g and these transitions | are | thus excellent | new |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | -------- | ----------------------- | --- | -------------- | --- |
A
| | | | | | candidates | for the spectrum-shape | method | (SSM). | Both |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---------- | ---------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- |
V. CONCLUSIONS
| | | | | | of these | decays have almost | a 100% | branching | ratio, |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | -------- | ------------------ | ------ | --------- | ------ |
The evolution of the electron-spectrum shapes of 16 and have been experimentally observed. The shell-model
| | β− | | | | spectra of | the previously | found candidates, | the | ground- |
| --------- | -------------- | ------ | ------------------------- | --- | ---------- | -------------- | ----------------- | ----- | ------- |
| forbidden | decays, driven | by the | value of the axial-vector | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 87Rb | 99Tc, | |
coupling constant g , were studied using nuclear matrix state-to-ground-state decays of and agree well
A
elements derived from the nuclear shell model. Established with the microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model predicted
| | | | | | spectra of | a previous study, | which makes | the experimen- | |
| --------------- | ------- | ------------ | --------- | -------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------- | -------------- | --- |
| and well-tested | nuclear | Hamiltonians | were used | in these | | | | | |
investigations.Intheβ-decayshapefactorstheusuallyomitted tal measurement of these spectra very desirable. The g A -
next-to-leading-ordertermsweretakenintoaccount.Themain independent shell model and MQPM spectrum shapes of the
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A
137Cs(7/2+)→ 137Ba(11/2−,3/2+) A nuclei with A(cid:2)98 have now been studied. The potential
| | | | transitions overlap | per- | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | ------------------- | ---- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
fectly.Themeasurementofthesespectrawouldshedlighton new candidates for the spectrum-shape method are heavier,
thequalityofthecalculatedspectra. and the study of these decays requires the adoption of some
othernuclearmodelduetothelargecomputationalburdenand
| Thetransitionsforwhichaheavyg | | | A dependencehasbeen | | | | | |
| ----------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------- | ------------------- | ----------- | ------------------ | ---------------- | ------------ | --------- |
| | | | | | the other problems | with shell-model | calculations | for heavy |
| recorded | thus far are | all even forbidden. | Unlike | in the case | | | | |
ofthefourth-forbiddentransitionsinodd-Anucleistudiedin deformednuclei.
| Ref. [30], | which all | showed a strong | g dependence, | such a | | | | |
| ---------- | --------- | --------------- | ------------- | ------ | --- | --- | --- | --- |
A
dependenceisnotseeninthecorrespondingtransitionsinthe
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
studiedeven-Anuclei.Thusfarallthefoundtransitionswith
averystronglyg -dependentspectrumshapeareinthemass ThisworkhasbeenpartiallysupportedbytheAcademyof
A
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