Gamow-Teller transition strengths in the intermediate nucleus of the 116Cd double-&bgr; decay by the 116Cd(p,n)116In and 116Sn(n,p)116In reactions at 300 MeV.

The double-differential cross sections for the 116Cd(p,n) and 116Sn(n,p) reactions were measured at 300 MeV for studying the nuclear matrix element of the 116Cd ßß decay. A multipole decomposition technique was applied to the spectra to extract the Gamow-Teller (GT) component. The integrated GT strengths up to an excitation energy of 30 MeV in the intermediate nucleus 116In are 40 ± 6 and 11 ± 1 in the (p,n) and (n,p) spectra, respectively, including the component from the isovector spin monopole (IVSM). The spectra are compared with those obtained from a theoretical calculation with a quasiparticle random phase approximation, where the contribution from the IVSM component as well as the interference effect between the GT and IVSM components are fully taken into account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]