2019年5月13日
Precision Analysis of the Xe 136 Two-Neutrino ββ Spectrum in KamLAND-Zen and Its Impact on the Quenching of Nuclear Matrix Elements
Physical Review Letters
- 巻
- 122
- 号
- 19
- 記述言語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.192501
© 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. We present a precision analysis of the Xe136 two-neutrino ββ electron spectrum above 0.8 MeV, based on high-statistics data obtained with the KamLAND-Zen experiment. An improved formalism for the two-neutrino ββ rate allows us to measure the ratio of the leading and subleading 2νββ nuclear matrix elements (NMEs), ζ312ν=-0.26-0.25+0.31. Theoretical predictions from the nuclear shell model and the majority of the quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) calculations are consistent with the experimental limit. However, part of the ζ312ν range allowed by the QRPA is excluded by the present measurement at the 90% confidence level. Our analysis reveals that predicted ζ312ν values are sensitive to the quenching of NMEs and the competing contributions from low- and high-energy states in the intermediate nucleus. Because these aspects are also at play in neutrinoless ββ decay, ζ312ν provides new insights toward reliable neutrinoless ββ NMEs.
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- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.192501
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31144924
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- DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.192501
- ISSN : 0031-9007
- eISSN : 1079-7114
- PubMed ID : 31144924
- SCOPUS ID : 85065833472
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000468227800004