Published December 6, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

The 71Ga(3He, t) reaction and the low-energy neutrino response

  • 1. Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, D-48149 Münster (Germany)
  • 2. Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047 (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe 658-8501 (Japan)
  • 4. Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Department of Physics, 34134 Vezneciler, Istanbul (Turkey)
  • 5. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 6. Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 (United States)
  • 7. Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 (Japan)
  • 8. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312 (Russian Federation)

Description

A 71Ga(3He, t)71Ge charge-exchange experiment was performed to extract with high precision the Gamow–Teller (GT) transition strengths to the three lowest-lying states in 71Ge, i.e., the ground state (1/2-), the 175 keV (5/2-) and the 500 keV (3/2-) excited states. These are the relevant states, which are populated via a charged-current reaction induced by neutrinos from reactor-produced 51Cr and 37Ar sources. A precise measurement of the GT transition strengths is an important input into the calibration of the SAGE and GALLEX solar neutrino detectors and addresses a long-standing discrepancy between the measured and evaluated capture rates from the 51Cr and 37Ar neutrino calibration sources, which has recently spawned new ideas about unconventional neutrino properties.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.061

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2011.10.061;
PII
S0370-2693(11)01315-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
706
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 134-138
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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