Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in Heavy Deformed Nuclei

Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory

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19 pages, LaTeX, 2 figures not included, availables as poscript files upon request

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10.1016/0375-9474(94)00464-X

The zero neutrino mode of the double beta decay in heavy deformed nuclei is investigated in the framework of the pseudo SU(3) model, which has provided an accurate description of collective nuclear structure and predicted half-lives for the two neutrino mode in good agreement with experiments. In the case of $^{238}U$ the calculated zero neutrino half-life is at least three orders of magnitude greater than the two neutrino one, giving strong support of the identification of the radiochemically determined half-life as being the two neutrino double beta decay. For $^{150}Nd$ the zero neutrino matrix elements are of the order of magnitude of, but lesser than, those evaluated using the QRPA. This result confirms that different nuclear models produce similar zero neutrino matrix elements, contrary to the two neutrino case. Using these pseudo SU(3) results and the upper limit for the neutrino mass we estimate the $\beta\beta_{0\nu}$ half-lives for six nuclei. An upper limit for majoron coupling constant is extracted from the experimental data.

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