An Effective Method to Accurately Calculate the Phase Space Factors for β-β- Decay

Accurate calculations of the electron phase space factors are necessary for reliable predictions of double-beta decay rates and for the analysis of the associated electron angular and energy distributions. We present an effective method to calculate these phase space factors that takes into account...

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Main Authors: Andrei Neacsu, Mihai Horoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7486712
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Summary:Accurate calculations of the electron phase space factors are necessary for reliable predictions of double-beta decay rates and for the analysis of the associated electron angular and energy distributions. We present an effective method to calculate these phase space factors that takes into account the distorted Coulomb field of the daughter nucleus, yet it allows one to easily calculate the phase space factors with good accuracy relative to the most exact methods available in the recent literature.
ISSN:1687-7357
1687-7365