Experimental study of the rearrangements of valence protons and neutrons amongst single-particle orbits during double- β decay in Mo 100

Authors

S. J. Freeman, The University of Manchester
D. K. Sharp, The University of Manchester
S. A. McAllister, The University of Manchester
B. P. Kay, University of York
C. M. Deibel, Argonne National Laboratory
T. Faestermann, Fakultät für Physik, Technische Universität München
R. Hertenberger, Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium, Garching
A. J. Mitchell, The University of Manchester
J. P. Schiffer, Argonne National Laboratory
S. V. Szwec, The University of Manchester
J. S. Thomas, The University of Manchester
H. F. Wirth, Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium, Garching

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-27-2017

Abstract

The rearrangements of protons and neutrons amongst the valence single-particle orbitals during double-β decay of Mo100 have been determined by measuring cross sections in (d,p), (p,d), (He3,α), and (He3,d) reactions on Mo98,100 and Ru100,102 targets. The deduced nucleon occupancies reveal significant discrepancies when compared with theoretical calculations; the same calculations have previously been used to determine the nuclear matrix element associated with the decay probability of double-β decay of the Mo100 system.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review C

Recommended Citation

Freeman, S., Sharp, D., McAllister, S., Kay, B., Deibel, C., Faestermann, T., Hertenberger, R., Mitchell, A., Schiffer, J., Szwec, S., Thomas, J., & Wirth, H. (2017). Experimental study of the rearrangements of valence protons and neutrons amongst single-particle orbits during double- β decay in Mo 100. Physical Review C, 96 (5) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.054325