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Second unique forbidden β decay of [sup 115]In and neutrino mass
- Source :
- AIP Conference Proceedings.
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- AIP, 2011.
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Abstract
- The measurement of the electron spectrum in β decays close to the end point provides a robust direct determination of the values of neutrino masses. The most sensitive experiments use tritium and rhenium β decays because these transitions have low Q value. Recent measurement with Penning traps established that the β decay of 115In(9/2+) to the first excited state of 115Sn(3/2+) is a transition with the smallest Q value among β decays. The decay is associated with a change of spin and parity ΔJπ = 3+ (ΔL = 2, ΔS = 1) of nucleus, i.e., classified as unique second forbidden β decay. Our investigation shows that in this transition electrons are predominantly emitted in d5/2 partial waves. In addition, it is found that the Kurie function associated with this transition near the end point within a good accuracy reflects a behavior the Kurie function of superallowed β transitions.
Details
- ISSN :
- 0094243X
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f6951eed82a1ff5f84a56756db519929