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    Search for Superscreening effect in Superconductor

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    4 pages, 3 figures, Expérience au GANIL avec SPIRAL/EXOGAMThe decay of 19^{19}O(β\beta^-) and 19^{19}Ne(β+\beta^+) implanted in niobium in its superconducting and metallic phase was measured using purified radioactive beams produced by the SPIRAL/GANIL facility. Half-lives and branching ratios measured in the two phases are consistent within one-sigma error bar. This measurement casts strong doubts on the predicted strong electron screening in superconductor, the so-called superscreening. The measured difference in screening potential energy is 110(90) eV for 19^{19}Ne and 400(320) eV for 19^{19}O. Precise determinations of the half-lives were obtained for 19^{19}O: 26.476(9)~s and 19^{19}Ne: 17.254(5)~s
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