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Gamow-Teller strength from the {sup 76}Se({ital n,p}){sup 76}As reaction: Implications for the double {beta} decays of {sup 76}Ge

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C
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  1. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 (CANADA)
  2. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran (Saudi Arabia)
  3. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (United States)
Cross sections have been measured up to 35 MeV excitation for the {sup 76}Se(n,p){sup 76}As reaction at five laboratory angles between 0{degree} and 15{degree}. The incident neutron energy was 198 MeV. The distribution of Gamow-Teller (GT) strength at excitation energies less than 10 MeV was deduced by carrying out a multipole decomposition of the data. The GT strength below 6 MeV excitation was found to be less than 0.9 units, in qualitative agreement with a quasiparticle random-phase approximation calculation. The present results have been compared with data from the {sup 76}Ge(p,n){sup 76}As reaction to obtain an estimate of a lower limit for the lifetime of {sup 76}Ge for {beta}{beta} decay. The estimate is in qualitative agreement with the measured lifetime. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
657387
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 55; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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