Isotensor Axial Polarizability and Lattice QCD Input for Nuclear Double- β Decay Phenomenology

Shanahan, Phiala E.; Tiburzi, Brian C.; Wagman, Michael L.; Winter, Frank; Chang, Emmanuel; Davoudi, Zohreh; Detmold, William; Orginos, Kostas; Savage, Martin J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.062003

Title: Isotensor Axial Polarizability and Lattice QCD Input for Nuclear Double- $β$ Decay Phenomenology

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.062003· OSTI ID:1376680

Shanahan, Phiala E. ^[1]; Tiburzi, Brian C. ^[2]; Wagman, Michael L. ^[3]; Winter, Frank ^[4]; Chang, Emmanuel ^[5]; Davoudi, Zohreh ^[1]; Detmold, William ^[1]; Orginos, Kostas ^[6]; Savage, Martin J. ^[5]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Center for Theoretical Physics
City College of New York, NY (United States)
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Inst. for Nuclear Theory and Dept. of Physics
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Inst. for Nuclear Theory
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States)

The potential importance of short-distance nuclear effects in double-$$\beta$$ decay is assessed using a lattice QCD calculation of the $$nn\rightarrow pp$$ transition and effective field theory methods. At the unphysical quark masses used in the numerical computation, these effects, encoded in the isotensor axial polarisability, are found to be of similar magnitude to the nuclear modification of the single axial current, which phenomenologically is the quenching of the axial charge used in nuclear many-body calculations. This finding suggests that nuclear models for neutrinoful and neutrinoless double-$$\beta$$ decays should incorporate this previously neglected contribution if they are to provide reliable guidance for next-generation neutrinoless double-$$\beta$$ decay searches. The prospects of constraining the isotensor axial polarisabilities of nuclei using lattice QCD input into nuclear many-body calculations are discussed.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Contributing Organization:: NPLQCD Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: NSF PHY11-25915; PHY15-15738; AC02-05CH11231; SC0010337; FG02-00ER41132; SC0010495; SC0011090; FG02-04ER41302; AC05-00OR22725; AC05-06OR23177

OSTI ID:: 1376680

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1374765

Report Number(s):: JLAB-THY-17-2502; DOE/OR/23177-4169; arXiv:1701.03456; MIT-CTP-4867; INT-PUB-16-056; PRLTAO

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 119, Issue 6; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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