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Double beta decay of48Ca

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48Ca, the lightest double beta decay candidate, has been until now the only one simple enough to be treated exactly in the nuclear shell model. Thus, theββ(2ν) half-life measurement, reported here, provides a unique test of the nuclear physics involved in theββ matrix element calculation. Enriched48Ca sources of two different thicknesses have been exposed in a time projection chamber, and yieldT 2/2ν1 =(4.3 +2.4−1.1 [stat.] ± 1.4[syst.]) × 1019 years, compatible with the shell model calculations. The consequences of this result for the shell model calculation of theββ(2ν) rate are briefly discussed.

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  1. Kurchatov Institute, Kurchatov Square, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    A. Balysh, V. I. Lebedev & A. Pronskiy

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Irvine, 92697, Irvine, California, USA

    A. De Silva, M. K. Moe, M. A. Nelson & A. Vient

  3. Physics Department, California Institute of Technology, 91125, Pasadena, California, USA

    K. Lou, A. Piepke & P. Vogel

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This work was funded by the US Department of Energy under contracts DE-FG03-01ER40679 and DE-FG03-88ER40397.

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Balysh, A., Lebedev, V.I., Pronskiy, A. et al. Double beta decay of48Ca. Czech J Phys 48, 147–154 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021203622422

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