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Forbidden unique beta-decays and neutrino mass

NázevTitle
Forbidden unique beta-decays and neutrino massForbidden unique beta-decays and neutrino mass
Druh výsledkuResult type
Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
AutořiAuthors
F. Šimkovic, R. Dvornický
DOIDOI
10.1063/1.4856544
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
In: WORKSHOP ON CALCULATION OF DOUBLE-BETA-DECAY MATRIX ELEMENTS: (MEDEX '13). Melville, New York: American Institute of Physics, 2013. p. 36-39. AIP Conference Proceedings. vol. 1572. ISSN 0094-243X. ISBN 978-0-7354-1200-2.
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000342295600009
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84904132424
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/13:00214514!RIV14-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Příspěvek k rozšíření velké výzkumné infrastruktury evropského významuContribution of the Czech Republic to the extension of the large research infrastructure of European importance

AbstraktAbstract

The measurement of the electron spectrum in beta-decays provides a robust direct determination of the values of neutrino masses. The planned rhenium beta-decay experiment, called the “Microcalorimeter Arrays for a Rhenium Experiment” (MARE), might probe the absolute mass scale of neutrinos with the same sensitivity as the Karlsruhe tritium neutrino mass (KATRIN) experiment, which is expected to collect data in a near future. In this contribution we discuss the spectrum of emitted electrons close to the end point in the case of the first unique forbidden beta-decay of 79Se , 107Pd and 187Re . It is found that the rho_{3/2-} wave emission dominates over the s 1/2-wave. It is shown that the Kurie plot near the end point is within a good accuracy linear in the limit of massless neutrinos like the Kurie plot of the superallowed beta-decay of 3H .

The measurement of the electron spectrum in beta-decays provides a robust direct determination of the values of neutrino masses. The planned rhenium beta-decay experiment, called the “Microcalorimeter Arrays for a Rhenium Experiment” (MARE), might probe the absolute mass scale of neutrinos with the same sensitivity as the Karlsruhe tritium neutrino mass (KATRIN) experiment, which is expected to collect data in a near future. In this contribution we discuss the spectrum of emitted electrons close to the end point in the case of the first unique forbidden beta-decay of 79Se , 107Pd and 187Re . It is found that the rho_{3/2-} wave emission dominates over the s 1/2-wave. It is shown that the Kurie plot near the end point is within a good accuracy linear in the limit of massless neutrinos like the Kurie plot of the superallowed beta-decay of 3H .