Published May 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Low-lying GT+ strength in 116In from a (d,2He) reaction experiment and its implications for 116Cd double β decay

  • 1. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, D-48149 Muenster (Germany)
  • 2. Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL-9747 AA Groningen (Netherlands)
  • 3. Vakgroep Subatomaire en Stralingsfysica, Universiteit Gent, B-9000 Gent (Belgium)

Description

We have used the (d,2He) reaction to obtain the GT+ strength distribution for 116Sn →116In transitions. Here, 116In is the intermediate nucleus in the second-order perturbative description of 116Cd double beta (ββ) decay. In this paper we will review what is known about the nuclear matrix elements for the 116Cd 2νββ decay, discuss the single-state dominance hypothesis and combine our new data with other existing data from charge-exchange reactions to obtain a 2νββ-decay half-life. The deduced value T1/2=(4±1)x1019y compares well with the one known from direct counting experiments

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 054313-054313.8
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2005 The American Physical Society