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Uncertainties in nuclear transition matrix elements for neutrinoless decay II: the heavy Majorana neutrino mass mechanism
Employing four different parametrization of the pairing plus multipolar type
of effective two-body interaction and three different parametrizations of
Jastrow-type of short range correlations, the uncertainties in the nuclear
transition matrix elements due to the exchange of heavy
Majorana neutrino for the transition of neutrinoless
double beta decay of Zr, Zr, Mo, Mo, Ru,
Pd, Te and Nd isotopes in the PHFB model are
estimated to be around 25%. Excluding the nuclear transition matrix elements
calculated with Miller-Spenser parametrization of Jastrow short range
correlations, the uncertainties are found to be 10%-15% smaller
New limit for the half-life of double beta decay of Zr to the first excited state of Mo
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay is a phenomenon of fundamental interest in
particle physics. The decay rates of double beta decay transitions to the
excited states can provide input for Nuclear Transition Matrix Element
calculations for the relevant two neutrino double beta decay process. It can be
useful as supplementary information for the calculation of Nuclear Transition
Matrix Element for the neutrinoless double beta decay process. In the present
work, double beta decay of Zr to the excited state of
Mo at 871.1 keV is studied using a low background 230 cm HPGe
detector. No evidence of this decay was found with a 232 g.y exposure of
natural Zirconium. The lower half-life limit obtained for the double beta decay
of to the excited state of is y at 90% C.L., an improvement by a factor of
4 over the existing experimental limit at 90\% C.L. The sensitivity is
estimated to be y at 90% C.L. using
the Feldman-Cousins method.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, Accepted in Eur. Phys. J.
Nuclear deformation and neutrinoless double- decay of Zr, Mo, Ru, Pd, Te and Nd nuclei in mass mechanism
The decay of Zr, Mo,
Ru, Pd, Te and Nd isotopes for the
transition is studied in the Projected Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov
framework. In our earlier work, the reliability of HFB intrinsic wave functions
participating in the decay of the above mentioned nuclei
has been established by obtaining an overall agreement between the
theoretically calculated spectroscopic properties, namely yrast spectra,
reduced : transition probabilities, quadrupole moments
, gyromagnetic factors as well as half-lives
for the transition and the available
experimental data. In the present work, we study the decay for the transition in the mass mechanism
and extract limits on effective mass of light as well as heavy neutrinos from
the observed half-lives using nuclear
transition matrix elements calculated with the same set of wave functions.
Further, the effect of deformation on the nuclear transition matrix elements
required to study the decay in the mass
mechanism is investigated. It is noticed that the deformation effect on nuclear
transition matrix elements is of approximately same magnitude in and decay.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figur
Heat and mass transfer on MHD flow through a porous medium over a stretching surface with heat source
An attempt has been made to study the heat and mass transfer effect on the flow over a stretching sheet in the presence of a heat source. The novelty of the present study is to consider the span wise variation of magnetic field strength, heat source and heat flux. It is also considered the effect of viscous dissipation. The method of solution involves similarity transformation which leads to an exact solution of velocity field. The coupled non-linear and non homogeneous heat equation has been solved by applying Kummer’s function. The non-homogeneity of the heat equation is contributed by the consideration of viscous dissipative energy. KYEWORDS: Heat source, Viscous dissipation, Porous medium, Kummer’s function
Rotational Bands and Electromagnetic Transitions of some even-even Neodymium Nuclei in J-Projected Hartree-Fock Model
Rotational structures of even-even Nd nuclei are studied with the
self-consistent deformed Hartree-Fock (HF) and angular momentum (J) projection
model. Spectra of ground band, recently observed , and a few
more excited, positive and negative parity bands have been studied upto high
spin values. Apart from these detailed electromagnetic properties (like E2, M1
matrix elements) of all the bands have been obtained. There is substantial
agreement between our model calculations and available experimental data.
Predictions are made about the band structures and electromagnetic properties
of these nuclei. Some 4-qasiparticle K-isomeric bands and their electromagnetic
properties are predicted.Comment: 20 page
The positron double- decay with emission of two neutrinos in the nuclei Ru, Pd, Cd and Cd
Theoretical results for %the positron double- decay
with emission of two neutrinos in the nuclei Ru, Pd, Cd
and Cd are presented. The study employs the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov
model to obtain the wave functions of the parent and daughter nuclei, in
conjunction with the summation method to estimate the double beta decay nuclear
matrix elements. The reliability of the intrinsic wave functions of
Ru, Mo, Pd and Cd nuclei are
tested by comparing the theoretically calculated spectroscopic properties with
the available experimental data. Calculated half-lives of Ru, Pd, Cd and Cd nuclei for 2 , 2 and 2 modes are presented.
The effect of deformation on the nuclear transition matrix element
is also studied.Comment: Submitted to EPJ
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