RPA puzzle in C(12) weak decay processes

We explain the origin of the difficulties that appear in a straightforward application of the QRPA in C(12), and we demonstrate that it is imperative to use the projected QRPA (PQRPA). Satisfactory results, not only for the weak processes among the ground states of the triad B(12),C(12),N(12), but also for the inclusive ones are obtained. We sketch as well a new formalism for the neutrino-nucleus interaction that furnishes very simple final formulae for the muon capture rate and neutrino induced cross sections.Comment: 14 pages in LaTex, changes are included in the text, to appear in PL

Nuclear Structure in Nonmesonic Weak Decay of Hypernuclei

A general shell model formalism for the nonmesonic weak decay of the hypernuclei has been developed.It involves a partial wave expansion of the emitted nucleon waves,preserves naturally the antisymmetrization between the escaping particles and the residual core, and contains as a particular case the weak Lambda-core coupling formalism. The hypernuclei are grouped having in view their A-1 cores, that is in those with even-even, even-odd and odd-odd cores.It is shown that in all three cases the nuclear structure manifests itself basically through Pauli Principle, and very simple expressions are derived for the neutron and proton induced decays rates, which does not involve the spectroscopic factors

s-Wave Approximation for Asymmetry in Nonmesonic Decay of Finite Hypernuclei

We establish the bridge between the commonly used Nabetani-Ogaito-Sato-Kishimoto (NOSK) formula for the asymmetry parameter $a_\Lambda$ in the $\vec\Lambda p \to np$ emission of polarized hypernuclei, and the shell model (SM) formalism for finite hypernuclei. We demonstrate that the s-wave approximation leads to a SM formula for $a_\Lambda$ that is as simple as the NOSK one, and that reproduces the exact results for $^5_\Lambda$He and $^{12}_\Lambda$C better than initially expected. The simplicity achieved here is indeed remarkable. The new formalism makes the theoretical evaluation of $a_\Lambda$ more transparent, and explains clearly why the one-meson exchange model is unable to account for the experimental data of $^5_\Lambda$He.Comment: 9 pages. to be published in Physical Review

Violation of the Ikeda sum rule and the self-consistency in the renormalized quasiparticle random phase approximation and the nuclear double-beta decay

The effect of the inclusion of ground state correlations into the QRPA equation of motion for the two-neutrino double beta ($\beta\beta_{2\nu}$) decay is carefully analyzed. The resulting model, called renormalized QRPA (RQRPA), does not collapse near the physical value of the nuclear force strength in the particle-particle channel, as happens with the ordinary QRPA. Still, the $\beta\beta_{2\nu}$ transition amplitude is only slightly less sensitive on this parameter in the RQRPA than that in the plain QRPA. It is argued that this fact reveals once more that the characteristic behaviour of the $\beta\beta_{2\nu}$ transition amplitude within the QRPA is not an artifact of the model, but a consequence of the partial restoration of the spin-isospin $SU(4)$ symmetry. It is shown that the price paid for bypassing the collapse in the RQRPA is the violation of the Ikeda sum rule.Comment: 16 pages, latex, 3 postscript figure