@inproceedings{c5b1da75011e42d79ff30833813ef75a,
title = "Nuclear matrix elements for the ββ decay of 76Ge",
abstract = "The nuclear matrix elements for two-neutrino double-beta (2νβ β) and zeroneutrino double-beta (0νββ) decay of 76Ge are evaluated in terms of the configuration interaction (CI), quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA) and interacting boson model (IBM) methods. We show that the decomposition of the matrix elements in terms of interemediate states in 74Ge is dominated by ground state of this nucleus. We consider corrections to the CI results that arise from configurations admixtures involving orbitals outside of the CI configuration space by using results from QRPA, many-bodyperturbation theory, and the connections to related observables. The CI twoneutrino matrix element is reduced due to the inclusion of spin-orbit partners, and to many-body correlations connected with Gamow-Teller beta decay. The CI zero-neutrino matrix element for the heavy neutrino is enhanced due to particle-particle correlations that are connected with the odd-even oscillations in the nuclear masses. The CI zero-neutrino matrix element for the light neutrino contains both types of correlations that approximately cancel each other.",
author = "Brown, {B. A.} and Fang, {D. L.} and M. Horoi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, CERN. All rights reserved.; 14th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, NRM 2015 ; Conference date: 15-06-2015 Through 19-06-2015",
year = "2015",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, NRM 2015",
publisher = "CERN",
pages = "377--386",
editor = "Alfredo Ferrari and Toshihiko Kawano and Mark Chadwick and Francesco Cerutti and P. Schoofs",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, NRM 2015",
}