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2024HE05      Phys.Rev. C 109, 035802 (2024)

M.Hellgren, J.Suhonen

Charged-current neutrino-nucleus scattering off 127I and 133Cs

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.109.035802
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2024RA06      Phys.Rev. C 109, 014326 (2024)

M.Ramalho, J.Suhonen

Computed total β-electron spectra for decays of Pb and Bi in the 220, 222Rn radioactive chains

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.109.014326
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2024RA14      Phys.Rev. C 109, 034321 (2024)

M.Ramalho, J.Suhonen

gA-sensitive β spectral shapes in the mass A=86-99 region assessed by the nuclear shell model

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.109.034321
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2023AG06      Eur.Phys.J. C 83, 1117 (2023)

X.Aguerre, R.Arnold, C.Augier, A.S.Barabash, A.Basharina-Freshville, S.Blondel, S.Blot, M.Bongrand, R.Breier, V.Brudanin, J.Busto, A.Bystryakov, A.J.Caffrey, C.Cerna, J.P.Cesar, M.Ceschia, E.Chauveau, A.Chopra, L.Dawson, D.Duchesneau, D.Durand, J.J.Evans, R.Flack, P.Franchini, X.Garrido, C.Girard-Carillo, B.Guillon, P.Guzowski, M.Hoballah, R.Hodak, P.Hubert, M.H.Hussain, S.Jullian, A.Klimenko, O.Kochetov, S.I.Konovalov, F.Konarik, T.Krizak, D.Lalanne, K.Lang, Y.Lemiere, P.Li, P.Loaiza, G.Lutter, M.Macko, F.Mamedov, C.Marquet, F.Mauger, A.Minotti, B.Morgan, I.Nemchenok, M.Nomachi, F.Nowacki, H.Ohsumi, G.Oliviero, V.Palusova, C.Patrick, F.Perrot, M.Petro, A.Pin, F.Piquemal, P.Povinec, S.Pratt, P.Pridal, W.S.Quinn, Y.A.Ramachers, A.Remoto, J.L.Reyss, C.L.Riddle, E.Rukhadze, R.Saakyan, A.Salamatin, R.Salazar, X.Sarazin, J.Sedgbeer, Yu.Shitov, L.Simard, F.Simkovic, A.Smetana, A.Smolnikov, S.Soldner-Rembold, I.Stekl, J.Suhonen, G.Szklarz, H.Tedjditi, J.Thomas, V.Timkin, V.I.Tretyak, V.I.Tretyak, V.I.Umatov, I.Vanushin, Y.Vereshchaka, V.Vorobel, D.Waters, F.Xie

Measurement of the double-β-decay of 150Nd to the 0+1 excited state of 150Sm in NEMO-3

RADIOACTIVITY 150Nd(2β-); measured decay products, Eγ, Iγ, Eβ, Iβ; deduced T1/2, nuclear matrix elements for transitions to excited states. Comparison with available data. The NEMO-3 experiment in the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM).

doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12227-x
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2023GE04      Phys.Rev. C 108, 045502 (2023)

Z.Ge, T.Eronen, A.de Roubin, M.Ramalho, J.Kostensalo, J.Kotila, J.Suhonen, D.A.Nesterenko, A.Kankainen, P.Ascher, O.Beliuskina, M.Flayol, M.Gerbaux, S.Grevy, M.Hukkanen, A.Husson, A.Jaries, A.Jokinen, I.D.Moore, P.Pirinen, J.Romero, M.Stryjczyk, V.Virtanen, A.Zadvornaya

β- decay Q-value measurement of 136Cs and its implications for neutrino studies

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.108.045502
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2023GI07      Universe 9, 270 (2023)

P.Gimeno, L.Jokiniemi, J.Kotila, M.Ramalho, J.Suhonen

Ordinary Muon Capture on 136Ba: Comparative Study Using the Shell Model and pnQRPA

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 136Ba(μ, X)136Cs, E not given; calculated energy levels, J, π using the interacting shell model (ISM) and proton–neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA). Comparison with available data.

doi: 10.3390/universe9060270
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2023HA25      Phys.Rev. C 108, 014327 (2023)

L.Hariasz, M.Stukel, P.C.F.Di Stefano, B.C.Rasco, K.P.Rykaczewski, N.T.Brewer, D.W.Stracener, Y.Liu, Z.Gai, C.Rouleau, J.Carter, J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, H.Davis, E.D.Lukosi, K.C.Goetz, R.K.Grzywacz, M.Mancuso, F.Petricca, A.Fijalkowska, M.Wolinska-Cichocka, J.Ninkovic, P.Lechner, R.B.Ickert, L.E.Morgan, P.R.Renne, I.Yavin, for the KDK Collaboration

Evidence for ground-state electron capture of 40K

RADIOACTIVITY 40K(EC); measured decay products, X-rays, Eγ, Iγ; deduced EC0/EC* relative branching ratios to the ground state and excited state of 40Ar, T1/2, decay scheme. First experimental verification of a third-forbidden unique transition. Discussed the impact of found evidence of the 40K decay to the ground-sate on the geochronology and nuclear theory. Comparison to theoretical estimations. Sensitive x-ray silicon drift detector (SDD) and Modular Total Absorption Spectrometer (MTAS).

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.108.014327
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2023JO01      Phys.Rev. C 107, 014327 (2023)

L.Jokiniemi, T.Miyagi, S.R.Stroberg, J.D.Holt, J.Kotila, J.Suhonen

Ab initio calculation of muon capture on 24Mg

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 24Mg(μ-, ν), E at rest; calculated nuclear matrix elements, capture rates to the lowest levels of 24Na. Valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group (VS-IMSRG) and nuclear shell model calculations. Comparison to experimental data.

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 24Mg, 24Na; calculated levels, J, π, B(E2), B(M1), magnetic dipole moments. 24Mg; calculated electric quadrupole moments.

RADIOACTIVITY 24Na(β-); calculated log ft values for decay to excited states in 24Mg.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.107.014327
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2023KO06      Phys.Lett. B 840, 137894 (2023)

J.Kostensalo, J.Kotila, J.Suhonen

Microscopic calculation of the β- decays of 151Sm, 171Tm, and 210Pb with implications to detection of the cosmic neutrino background

RADIOACTIVITY 151Sm, 171Tm, 210Pb(β-); calculated electron spectral shapes corresponding to the low-Q β--decay transitions using beta-decay theory with several refinements for these first-forbidden nonunique (ff-nu) transitions with transition nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) computed by using the microscopic Interacting Boson-Fermion Model (IBFM-2) and the nuclear shell model (NSM).

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137894
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2023KO08      Phys.Rev. C 107, 055502 (2023)

J.Kostensalo, E.Lisi, A.Marrone, J.Suhonen

113Cd β-decay spectrum and gAquenching using spectral moments

RADIOACTIVITY 113Cd(β-); calculated shape of β-spectrum, single-particle matrix elements, ratio of axial-vector to vector couplings, small vectorlike relativistic nuclear matrix element (NME). Spectral moment method (SMM), based on a truncated set of spectral moments. NNME calculated with microscopic interacting boson-fermion model (IBFM-2), the microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM), and the interacting shell model (ISM). Comparison to experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.107.055502
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2023NE13      Phys.Rev. C 108, 054301 (2023)

D.A.Nesterenko, J.Ruotsalainen, M.Stryjczyk, A.Kankainen, L.Al Ayoubi, O.Beliuskina, P.Delahaye, T.Eronen, M.Flayol, Z.Ge, W.Gins, M.Hukkanen, A.Jaries, D.Kahl, D.Kumar, S.Nikas, A.Ortiz-Cortes, H.Penttila, D.Pitman-Weymouth, A.Raggio, M.Ramalho, M.Reponen, S.Rinta-Antila, J.Romero, A.de Roubin, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen, V.Virtanen, A.Zadvornaya

High-precision measurements of low-lying isomeric states in 120-124In with the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.108.054301
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2022EJ01      Phys.Rev. C 105, L022501 (2022)

H.Ejiri, L.Jokiniemi, J.Suhonen

Nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless ββ decays and spin-dipole giant resonances

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge, 96Zr, 100Mo, 116Cd, 128Cd, 130Te, 130Xe(2β-); calculated neutrinoless double-beta decay nuclear matrix elements. Proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) model. Discused the relation relation between the experimental spin-dipole strength distribution and nuclear matrix elements obtained with pnQRPA.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.105.L022501
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2022ER01      Phys.Lett. B 830, 137135 (2022)

T.Eronen, Z.Ge, A.de Roubin, M.Ramalho, J.Kostensalo, J.Kotila, O.Beliushkina, C.Delafosse, S.Geldhof, W.Gins, M.Hukkanen, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, I.D.Moore, D.A.Nesterenko, M.Stryjczyk, J.Suhonen

High-precision measurement of a low Q value for allowed β-decay of 131I related to neutrino mass determination

RADIOACTIVITY 131I(β-) [from U(p, X), E=30 MeV]; measured cyclotron frequency ratios; deduced Q-value, partial T1/2 for the transition. Comparison with the Atomic Mass Evaluation 2020, theoretical calculations. The double Penning trap mass spectrometer JYFLTRAP at the IGISOL facility, the K-130 cyclotron.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137135
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2022GE07      Phys.Rev. C 106, 015502 (2022)

Z.Ge, T.Eronen, A.de Roubin, J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, D.A.Nesterenko, O.Beliuskina, R.de Groote, C.Delafosse, S.Geldhof, W.Gins, M.Hukkanen, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, J.Kotila, A.Koszorus, I.D.Moore, A.Raggio, S.Rinta-Antila, V.Virtanen, A.P.Weaver, A.Zadvornaya

Direct determination of the atomic mass difference of the pairs 76As-76Se and 155Tb-155Gd rules out 76As and 155Tb as possible candidates for electron (anti)neutrino mass measurements

ATOMIC MASSES 76As, 76Se; 155Tb, 155Gd; measured cyclotron frequency ratios using phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance technique (PI-ICR) and high-precision Penning-trap mass spectrometry (PTMS) with a double Penning trap mass spectrometer (JYFLTRAP) at the IGISOL facility of the University of Jyvaskyla; deduced precise Q(β) values for 76As β- decay to 76Se and 155Tb ϵ decay to 155Gd. Comparison with evaluated data in AME2020.

RADIOACTIVITY 76As(β-); 155Tb(EC); deduced precise Q(β) values from measurements of difference in mass excesses of 76As, 76Se, and 155Tb, 155Gd pairs; excluded these two cases as potential candidates for the search of ultra-low Q values for determination of electron-(anti)neutrino mass. Comparison with evaluated data in AME2020.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.106.015502
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2022GE11      Phys.Lett. B 832, 137226 (2022)

Z.Ge, T.Eronen, A.de Roubin, K.S.Tyrin, L.Canete, S.Geldhof, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, J.Kostensalo, J.Kotila, M.I.Krivoruchenko, I.D.Moore, D.A.Nesterenko, J.Suhonen, M.Vilen

High-precision electron-capture Q value measurement of 111In for electron-neutrino mass determination

RADIOACTIVITY 111In(EC) [from In(p, X), E=130 MeV]; measured Ramsey time-of-flight ion-cyclotron resonance (TOF-ICR), cyclotron frequency ratios; deduced Q-values to the ground and excited states. Comparison with AME2020 and the microscopic interacting boson-fermion model (IBFM-2) calculations. Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line facility (IGISOL) utilizing the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap mass spectrometer.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137226
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2022HE14      Phys.Rev. C 106, 025808 (2022)

M.Hellgren, J.Suhonen

Neutral-current supernova neutrino-nucleus scattering off 127I and 133Cs

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 127I, 133Cs(ν, ν), (ν, X), (ν-bar, ν-bar), (ν-bar, X), E=5-100 MeV; calculated elastic and inelastic scattering σ(E), contributions to the total folded inelastic differential electron-neutrino cross section from different nuclear final states, vector, axial-vector, and interference contributions to the total folded inelastic σ. Random-phase approximation (QRPA) and microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM) calculations.

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 126Te, 128,132Xe, 134Ba, 127I, 133Cs; calculated levels, J , π. Random-phase approximation (QRPA) and microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM) calculations. Comparison to experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.106.025808
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2022KA22      Universe 8, 309 (2022)

J.Kasurinen, J.Suhonen, P.C.Srivastava, P.Pirinen

Shell Model Description of Spin-Dependent Elastic and Inelastic WIMP Scattering off 119Sn and 121Sb

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 119,121Sb; calculated levels, J, π, magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments, B(E2), B(M1), configurations and their amplitudes for the lowest lying states using shell model, structure functions and differential σ(E) for spin-dependent elastic and inelastic scattering of non-baryonic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) with masses of 50, 100, 300, 1000 and 10, 000 GeV using effective field theory (EFT); estimated detection rates of WIMP. Comparison with available experimental structure data for 119,121Sb.

doi: 10.3390/universe8060309
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2022KA53      Phys.Rev. C 106, 064315 (2022)

E.Kauppinen, J.Suhonen

Isovector and isoscalar spin-multipole giant resonances in the parent and daughter nuclei of double-β-decay triplets

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 76Ge, 76,82Se, 82Kr, 96Zr, 96,100Mo, 100Ru, 116Cd, 116Sn, 128,130,136Xe, 130Te, 136Ba; calculated isovector and isoscalar multipole strength functions, average energies and total strengths for isovector and isocalar spin-dipole and spin-quadrupole excitations. Quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) using the Bonn-A two-body interaction in no-core single-particle valence spaces. Comparison to proton-neutron QRPA calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.106.064315
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2022KO17      Phys.Lett. B 831, 137170 (2022)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, K.Zuber

The first large-scale shell-model calculation of the two-neutrino double beta decay of 76Ge to the excited states in 76Se

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge(2β-); calculated T1/2 and branching ratios, nuclear matrix elements. Comparison with available data.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137170
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2022LE14      Phys.Rev.Lett. 129, 232502 (2022)

A.F.Leder, D.Mayer, J.L.Ouellet, F.A.Danevich, L.Dumoulin, A.Giuliani, J.Kostensalo, J.Kotila, P.de Marcillac, C.Nones, V.Novati, E.Olivieri, D.Poda, J.Suhonen, V.I.Tretyak, L.Winslow, A.Zolotarova

Determining gA/gV with High-Resolution Spectral Measurements Using a LiInSe2 Bolometer

RADIOACTIVITY 115In(β-); measured decay products, Eβ, Iβ; deduced the axial vector coupling constant, T1/2. Comparison with theoretical calculations, available data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.232502
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2022NE04      Eur.Phys.J. A 58, 44 (2022)

D.A.Nesterenko, L.Jokiniemi, J.Kotila, A.Kankainen, Z.Ge, T.Eronen, S.Rinta-Antila, J.Suhonen

High-precision Q-value measurement and nuclear matrix element calculations for the double-β decay of 98Mo

ATOMIC MASSES 98Mo; measured cyclotron frequencies; deduced double-beta decay Q-value; calculated nuclear matrix elements using the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) and the microscopic interacting boson model (IBM-2) frameworks. The JYFLTRAP Penning trap mass spectrometer.

doi: 10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00695-w
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2022RA20      Phys.Rev. C 106, 015501 (2022)

M.Ramalho, Z.Ge, T.Eronen, D.A.Nesterenko, J.Jaatinen, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, J.Kostensalo, J.Kotila, M.I.Krivoruchenko, J.Suhonen, K.S.Tyrin, V.Virtanen

Observation of an ultralow-Q-value electron-capture channel decaying to 75As via a high-precision mass measurement

ATOMIC MASSES 75As, 76Ge; 77Se, 76Se; 94Mo, 95Mo; measured cyclotron frequency ratios using phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance technique (PI-ICR) and high-precision Penning-trap mass spectrometry (PTMS) with a double Penning trap mass spectrometer (JYFLTRAP) at the IGISOL facility of the University of Jyvaskyla; deduced precise Q(β) values for decays of 75Se and 75Ge to 75As, with three ultra-low Q-value energetically valid β transitions, one of which as a possible candidate for antineutrino mass determination. Comparison with evaluated data in AME2020.

RADIOACTIVITY 75Se(EC); 75Ge(β-); deduced precise Q(β) values from measurements of difference in mass excesses of 75As and 76Ge, and three ultra-low Q-value energetically valid β transitions, with one as a possible candidate for antineutrino mass determination. Comparison with evaluated data in AME2020.

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 75As; calculated levels, J, π using shell-model code NUSHELLX in a single-particle model space consisting of 1f5/2, 2p3/2, 2p1/2, and 1g9/2 neutron and proton orbitals, with jun45pn and jj44bpn interactions, and compared results with experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.106.015501
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2022RA21      Phys.Rev. C 106, 024315 (2022)

M.Ramalho, J.Suhonen, J.Kostensalo, G.A.Alcala, A.Algora, M.Fallot, A.Porta, A.-A.Zakari-Issoufou

Analysis of the total β-electron spectrum of 92Rb: Implications for the reactor flux anomalies

RADIOACTIVITY 92Rb(β-); calculated shape of a total electron spectrum from β--decay transitions, including all the relevant allowed and first-forbidden β- transitions, with guidelines from data on measured excitation energies of the final states, and using β- branching ratios from total absorption γ-ray spectrum (TAGS) in 2015Za10: Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 102503. Microscopic nuclear-structure calculation of β- spectrum from 92Rb fission product using large-scale shell-model with NUSHELLX@MSU code. Relevance to spectral bump in the reactor-antineutrino flux profile, and decays of fission products in reactor applications.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.106.024315
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2021AR11      Phys.Rev. C 104, L061601 (2021)

R.Arnold, C.Augier, A.S.Barabash, A.Basharina-Freshville, S.Blondel, S.Blot, M.Bongrand, D.Boursette, R.Breier, V.Brudanin, J.Busto, A.J.Caffrey, S.Calvez, C.Cerna, J.P.Cesar, M.Ceschia, A.Chapon, E.Chauveau, A.Chopra, L.Dawson, D.Duchesneau, D.Durand, G.Eurin, J.J.Evans, L.Fajt, D.Filosofov, R.Flack, P.Franchini, X.Garrido, C.Girard-Carillo, H.Gomez, B.Guillon, P.Guzowski, R.Hodak, A.Huber, P.Hubert, C.Hugon, M.H.Hussain, S.Jullian, A.Klimenko, O.Kochetov, S.I.Konovalov, V.Kovalenko, D.Lalanne, K.Lang, Y.Lemiere, T.Le Noblet, Z.Liptak, X.R.Liu, P.Loaiza, G.Lutter, M.Macko, C.Macolino, F.Mamedov, C.Marquet, F.Mauger, A.Minotti, B.Morgan, J.Mott, I.Nemchenok, M.Nomachi, F.Nova, F.Nowacki, H.Ohsumi, G.Oliviero, R.B.Pahlka, V.Palusova, C.Patrick, F.Perrot, A.Pin, F.Piquemal, P.Povinec, P.Pridal, W.S.Quinn, Y.A.Ramachers, A.Remoto, J.L.Reyss, C.L.Riddle, E.Rukhadze, R.Saakyan, A.Salamatin, R.Salazar, X.Sarazin, J.Sedgbeer, Yu.Shitov, L.Simard, F.Simkovic, A.Smetana, A.Smolnikov, S.Soldner-Rembold, B.Soule, I.Stekl, J.Suhonen, C.S.Sutton, G.Szklarz, H.Tedjditi, J.Thomas, V.Timkin, S.Torre, Vl.I.Tretyak, V.I.Tretyak, V.I.Umatov, I.Vanushin, C.Vilela, V.Vorobel, D.Waters, F.Xie

Search for periodic modulations of the rate of double-β decay of 100Mo in the NEMO-3 detector

RADIOACTIVITY 100Mo(2β-); measured two electrons in final state of 0νββ decay, decay rates and power spectra using NEMO-3 detector; searched for periodic modulations of double-β decay rate by Lomb-Scargle periodogram technique, and its error-weighted extension; deduced no evidence of modulations with amplitude greater than 2.5% at the 95% confidence level.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.104.L061601
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2021GE04      Phys.Rev. C 103, 065502 (2021)

Z.Ge, T.Eronen, A.de Roubin, D.A.Nesterenko, M.Hukkanen, O.Beliuskina, R.de Groote, S.Geldhof, W.Gins, A.Kankainen, A.Koszorus, J.Kotila, J.Kostensalo, I.D.Moore, A.Raggio, S.Rinta-Antila, J.Suhonen, V.Virtanen, A.P.Weaver, A.Zadvornaya, A.Jokinen

Direct measurement of the mass difference of 72As - 72Ge rules out 72As as a promising β-decay candidate to determine the neutrino mass

ATOMIC MASSES 72As; measured cyclotron frequency and mass excess by phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance (PI-ICR) technique using IGISOL facility and JYFLTRAP double Penning trap mass spectrometer at the K-130 cyclotron of the University of Jyvaskyla, with the production of 72As in Ge(d, X), E=9 MeV reaction. 72As, 72Ge; deduced precise Q values for ϵ decay between the ground state of 72As and ground as well as excited states of 72Ge. Relevance to electron neutrino mass determination through precise mass measurements.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.103.065502
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2021GE11      Phys.Rev.Lett. 127, 272301 (2021)

Z.Ge, T.Eronen, K.S.Tyrin, J.Kotila, J.Kostensalo, D.A.Nesterenko, O.Beliuskina, R.de Groote, A.de Roubin, S.Geldhof, W.Gins, M.Hukkanen, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, A.Koszorus, M.I.Krivoruchenko, S.Kujanpaa, I.D.Moore, A.Raggio, S.Rinta-Antila, J.Suhonen, V.Virtanen, A.P.Weaver, A.Zadvornaya

159Dy Electron-Capture: A New Candidate for Neutrino Mass Determination

RADIOACTIVITY 159Dy(EC); measured frequencies; deduced Q-values for allowed Gamow-Teller transition, J, π, total decay constant. The Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line facility (IGISOL) using the double Penning trap mass spectrometer JYFLTRAP in the accelerator laboratory of the University of Jyvaskyla.

doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.272301
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2021KO28      J.Phys.(London) G48, 045102 (2021)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, K.Zuber

Estimated solar-neutrino capture rates of 131Xe: implications for multi-tonne Xe-based experiments

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 131Xe(ν, e+)131Cs, E<20 MeV; calculated σ, capture rates.

doi: 10.1088/1361-6471/abdfdf
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2021KO36      Phys.Lett. B 822, 136652 (2021)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, J.Volkmer, S.Zatschler, K.Zuber

Confirmation of gA quenching using the revised spectrum-shape method for the analysis of the 113Cd β-decay as measured with the COBRA demonstrator

RADIOACTIVITY 113Cd(β-); analyzed available data; deduced evaluated β-spectrum, significantly quenched values of the axial-vector coupling for all three nuclear models.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136652
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2021KU21      Eur.Phys.J. A 57, 225 (2021)

A.Kumar, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen

Second-forbidden nonunique β- decays of 59, 60Fe: possible candidates for gA sensitive electron spectral-shape measurements

RADIOACTIVITY 59,60Fe(β-); calculated energy levels, J, π, quadrupole and magnetic moments, B(E2), Gamow-Teller and Fermi nuclear matrix elements, β-decay spectra using the nuclear shell model KB3G and GXPF1A effective interactions.

doi: 10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00540-6
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2021ST14      Nucl.Instrum.Methods Phys.Res. A1012, 165593 (2021)

M.Stukel, B.C.Rasco, N.T.Brewer, P.C.F.Di Stefano, K.P.Rykaczewski, H.Davis, E.D.Lukosi, L.Hariasz, M.Constable, P.Davis, K.Dering, A.Fijalkowska, Z.Gai, K.C.Goetz, R.K.Grzywacz, J.Kostensalo, J.Ninkovic, P.Lechner, Y.Liu, M.Mancuso, C.L.Melcher, F.Petricca, C.Rouleau, P.Squillari, L.Stand, D.W.Stracener, J.Suhonen, M.Wolinska-Cichocka, I.Yavin

A novel experimental system for the KDK measurement of the 40K decay scheme relevant for rare event searches

RADIOACTIVITY 40K(EC), (β-); measured decay products, Eγ, Iγ, X-rays; deduced preliminary results for the branching ratio of the electron capture directly to the ground state of 40Ar. The KDK (Potassium (K) Decay (DK)) collaboration.

doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2021.165593
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2020BL06      Rev.Mod.Phys. 92, 045007 (2020)

K.Blaum, S.Eliseev, F.A.Danevich, V.I.Tretyak, S.Kovalenko, M.I.Krivoruchenko, Y.N.Novikov, J.Suhonen

Neutrinoless double-electron capture

RADIOACTIVITY 74Se, 96Ru, 106Cd, 112Sn, 124Xe, 136Ce, 152Gd, 156Dy, 164Er, 180W, 184Os, 190Pt, 148,150Gd, 154Dy, 194Hg, 202Pb(2EC); analyzed available data; calculated nuclear matrix elements, T1/2 boundaries.

doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.92.045007
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2020BL07      Rev.Mod.Phys. 92, 045007 (2020)

K.Blaum, S.Eliseev, F.A.Danevich, V.I.Tretyak, S.Kovalenko, M.I.Krivoruchenko, Y.N.Novikov, J.Suhonen

Neutrinoless double-electron capture

RADIOACTIVITY 74Se, 96Ru, 106Cd, 112Sn, 124Xe, 136Ce, 152Gd, 154,156Dy, 164Er, 180W, 184Os, 190Pt, 148,150Gd, 194Hg, 202Pb(2EC); calculated nuclear matrix elements, T1/2. Comparison with available data.

doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.92.045007
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2020BO01      Phys.Lett. B 800, 135092 (2020)

L.Bodenstein-Dresler, Y.Chu, D.Gehre, C.Gossling, A.Heimbold, C.Herrmann, R.Hodak, J.Kostensalo, K.Kroninger, J.Kuttler, C.Nitsch, T.Quante, E.Rukhadze, I.Stekl, J.Suhonen, J.Tebrugge, R.Temminghoff, J.Volkmer, S.Zatschler, K.Zuber

Quenching of gA deduced from the β-spectrum shape of 113Cd measured with the COBRA experiment

RADIOACTIVITY 113Cd(β-); measured decay products, Eβ, Iβ; deduced β-spectrum shape, quenching of the weak axial-vector coupling strength.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135092
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2020DE20      Phys.Rev.Lett. 124, 222503 (2020)

A.de Roubin, J.Kostensalo, T.Eronen, L.Canete, R.P.de Groote, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, D.A.Nesterenko, I.D.Moore, S.Rinta-Antila, J.Suhonen, M.Vilen

High-Precision Q-Value Measurement Confirms the Potential of 135Cs for Absolute Antineutrino Mass Scale Determination

RADIOACTIVITY 135Cs(β-); measured decay products, frequencies; deduced ground-state-to-ground-state β-decay Q-value. Comparison with AME 2016 data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.222503
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2020HA37      Phys.Rev. C 102, 065501 (2020)

S.J.Haselschwardt, J.Kostensalo, X.Mougeot, J.Suhonen

Improved calculations of β decay backgrounds to new physics in liquid xenon detectors

RADIOACTIVITY 85Kr, 212,214Pb(β-); calculated energy spectra for the ground-state to ground-state β decays using nuclear shell-model formalism with NUSHELL@MSU code for the relevant nuclear matrix elements (NMEs), including corrections for the atomic exchange effect. Relevance to the β-decay background in dark matter experiments using liquid xenon (LXe) detectors, such as LUX-ZEPLIN, XENONnT and XENON1T collaborations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.102.065501
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2020JO05      Phys.Rev. C 102, 024303 (2020)

L.Jokiniemi, J.Suhonen

Comparative analysis of muon-capture and 0νββ-decay matrix elements

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 76Se, 82Kr, 96Mo, 100Ru, 116Sn, 128,130Xe, 136Ba(μ-, ν)76As/82Br/96Nb/100Tc/116In/128I/130I/136Cs, momentum θ=50-100 MeV; calculated average matrix elements corresponding to the ordinary muon capture (OMC) on the 0+ ground states of daughters of 0νββ-decaying parent nuclei, and populating excited states in intermediate nuclei. Comparison with NMEs for 0νββ decays. Proton-neutron quasiparticle RPA with realistic two-body interactions and modified no-core Woods-Saxon single-particle bases.

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge, 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 116Cd, 128,130Te, 136Xe(2β-); calculated nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for 0νββ decay mode and compared with NMEs for ordinary muon capture (OMC) on daughter nuclei.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.102.024303
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2020KO08      Phys.Lett. B 802, 135192 (2020)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen

Consistent large-scale shell-model analysis of the two-neutrino ββ and single β branchings in 48Ca and 96Zr

RADIOACTIVITY 48Ca, 96Zr(β-), (2β-); calculated two-neutrino double-beta-decay matrix elements, beta-decay branching ratios in the interacting nuclear shell model using large single-particle valence spaces with well-tested two-body Hamiltonians.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135192
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2020KO11      Phys.Rev. C 101, 031302 (2020)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, K.Zuber

Calculated solar-neutrino capture rate for a radiochemical 205Tl-based solar-neutrino detector

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 205Tl, 205Pb; calculated levels, J, π using shell model, and compared with experimental data.

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 205Tl(ν, ν), E<18 MeV; calculated σ(E) for charged-current solar-neutrino, solar electron-neutrino reaction rates, contributions of the individual states to the 8B neutrino cross section using large scale shell model. Relevance to radiochemical experiments for low-energy solar-neutrino detection.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.101.031302
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2020KU14      Phys.Rev. C 101, 064304 (2020)

A.Kumar, P.C.Srivastava, J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen

Second-forbidden nonunique β- decays of 24Na and 36Cl assessed by the nuclear shell model

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 24Na, 24Mg, 36Cl, 36Ar; calculated low-lying levels, J, π using microscopic and USDB interactions. Comparison with experimental data.

RADIOACTIVITY 24Na, 36Cl(β-); calculated shape factors, Eβ-, Iβ-, logft, nuclear matrix elements of second-forbidden nonunique β--decay using nuclear shell model framework in the sd model space, using microscopic effective interactions Daejeon16, chiral N3LO, and JISP16. Comparison with experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.101.064304
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2020NE06      Phys.Lett. B 808, 135642 (2020)

D.A.Nesterenko, A.Kankainen, J.Kostensalo, C.R.Nobs, A.M.Bruce, O.Beliuskina, L.Canete, T.Eronen, E.R.Gamba, S.Geldhof, R.de Groote, A.Jokinen, J.Kurpeta, I.D.Moore, L.Morrison, Zs.Podolyak, I.Pohjalainen, S.Rinta-Antila, A.de Roubin, M.Rudigier, J.Suhonen, M.Vilen, V.Virtanen, J.Aysto

Three beta-decaying states in 128In and 130In resolved for the first time using Penning-trap techniques

ATOMIC MASSES 128,128m,130,130mIn; measured time-of-flight ion cyclotron resonance (TOF-ICR) frequencies for the ground states and two isomers each in 128In and 128In using the JYFLTRAP Penning trap at the IGISOL facility at the University of Jyvaskyla; deduced mass excesses of three beta-decaying states each in 128In and 130In, and energies of respective isomers, configurations. Activities of 128,130In produced as fission products in U(p, F), E=30 MeV at the Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line (IGISOL) facility. Comparison with literature values. 128Sn, 128In, 130In; calculated levels, J, π, configurations using shell-model with the effective interaction jj45pna, and compared with experimental data.

RADIOACTIVITY 128mIn(β-)[from U(p, F), E=30 MeV at the IGISOL facility]; measured Eγ, Iγ, βγ-coin, half-life of the new (16+) isomer of 128In. 128Sn; deduced levels, J, π.

COMPILATION 130,131,132,133,134Te, 129,130,131,132,133Sb, 128,129,130,131,132Sn, 127,128,129,130,131In, 126,127,128,129,130Cd; compiled ground and isomeric states using data from the ENSDF and XUNDL databases, together with results for In isomers in the present work.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135642
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2019AL17      Phys.Rev. C 99, 055801 (2019)

W.Almosly, B.G.Carlsson, J.Suhonen, E.Ydrefors

Neutral-current supernova-neutrino cross sections for 204, 206, 208Pb calculated by Skyrme quasiparticle random-phase approximation

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 204,206,208Pb(ν, ν'), (ν-bar, ν-bar'), E=5-95 MeV; calculated total scattering σ(E), partial scattering σ(E) to different multipole channels, averaged scattering σ(E) of neutral-current supernova neutrinos. 208Pb; calculated average energies for the transitions to states with L=1 and 2. Quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) theory with three different Skyrme interactions. Comparison with other theoretical predictions.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.055801
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2019DE23      Phys.Rev. C 100, 024331 (2019)

D.S.Delion, A.Dumitrescu, J.Suhonen

Effective axial-vector strength within proton-neutron deformed quasiparticle random-phase approximation

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE N=10-200; A=20-200; 78Ge; analyzed experimental data for Gamow-Teller β transition strengths versus neutron number, ratios of transition amplitudes β--(Fermi) and β++(Fermi) versus mass number, and half-lives of 2β emitters; deduced effective axial-vector strength versus the particle-particle strength in 78Ge, and versus mass number in even-even and odd-odd A=20-200 emitters for β- and β+ transitions using pn-QRPA equations of motion, with projected angular momentum, and a schematic quadrupole-quadrupole residual interaction.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.100.024331
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2019EJ02      Phys.Rep. 797, 1 (2019)

H.Ejiri, J.Suhonen, K.Zuber

Neutrino-nuclear responses for astro-neutrinos, single beta decays and double beta decays

doi: 10.1016/j.physrep.2018.12.001
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2019HA13      Phys.Rev. C 99, 031301 (2019)

L.Hayen, J.Kostensalo, N.Severijns, J.Suhonen

First-forbidden transitions in reactor antineutrino spectra

RADIOACTIVITY 87Se, 86,89Br, 88,90,92,93,95Rb, 91Kr, 94,96,97,98Y, 95Sr, 133Sn, 135Te, 136m,137,138I, 140,142Cs, 87Se, 134mSb, 139Xe(β-)[from 235U(n, F), E=thermal]; calculated shape factors versus electron kinetic energy of dominant first-forbidden transitions above 4 MeV in the electron and antineutrino spectra of fission actinides, changes in the predicted electron and antineutrino spectra of the considered transitions compared to the allowed approximation with an optional weak magnetism correction, summed 235U electron spectrum using the fission yields from the ENDF database, and normalized spectral ratios for three experiments (Daya Bay, Reno and Double Chooz) relative to the Huber-Mueller predictions using the ENDF and ENSDF databases. Microscopic calculations using shell model approach.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.031301
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2019HA30      Phys.Rev. C 100, 054323 (2019)

L.Hayen, J.Kostensalo, N.Severijns, J.Suhonen

First-forbidden transitions in the reactor anomaly

RADIOACTIVITY 86,89Br, 87Se, 88,90,92,93,95Rb, 91Kr, 94,96,97,98Y, 95Sr, 133Sn, 135,136Te, 134m,135Sb, 136m,137,138I, 140,142,143Cs, 139,140Xe(β-); calculated shape factors for first-forbidden non-unique β transitions using shell model, and compared with those for allowed shapes, and with data in literature, β spectra and comparison to the measured cumulative spectra measured at ILL-Grenoble for 235U; deduced uncertainty in the relative change in the prediction of the electron (antineutrino) spectra when using forbidden spectral shapes instead of simple allowed shapes, forbidden flux coverage; parametrized forbidden shape factors using Monte Carlo simulations. 235,238U, 239,241Pu; updated summation calculations, relative change in the cumulative electron and antineutrino spectra when treating the β transitions for listed isotopes as allowed and forbidden, integrated flux and inverse β decay (IBD) rate change due to the inclusion of forbidden transition shape factors, comparison of the expected spectrum change due to forbidden transitions for the different reactors: Daya Bay, RENO and Double Chooz.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.100.054323
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2019JO04      Phys.Lett. B 794, 143 (2019)

L.Jokiniemi, J.Suhonen, H.Ejiri, I.H.Hashim

Pinning down the strength function for ordinary muon capture on 100Mo

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 100Mo(μ-, X)100Nb, E not given; analyzed available data; calculated ordinary muon capture (OMC) strength function using the Morita-Fujii formalism of OMC by extending the original formalism beyond the leading order.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.05.037
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2019JO06      Phys.Rev. C 100, 014619 (2019)

L.Jokiniemi, J.Suhonen

Muon-capture strength functions in intermediate nuclei of 0νββ decays

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 76Se(μ-, ν)76As, E at rest; 82Kr(μ-, ν)82Br, E at rest; 96Mo(μ-, ν)96Nb, E at rest; 100Ru(μ-, ν)100Tc, E at rest; 116Sn(μ-, ν)116In, E at rest; 128Xe(μ-, ν)128I, E at rest; 130Xe(μ-, ν)130I, E at rest; 136Ba(μ-, ν)136Cs, E at rest;calculated ordinary muon capture (OMC) transition strengths and rates to excited states in β+-daughter nuclei using the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation. Discussed relevance to deducing 0νββ-decay nuclear matrix elements.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.100.014619
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2019KI08      Phys.Rev.Lett. 123, 262701 (2019)

O.S.Kirsebom, S.Jones, D.F.Stromberg, G.Martinez-Pinedo, K.Langanke, F.K.Ropke, B.A.Brown, T.Eronen, H.O.U.Fynbo, M.Hukkanen, A.Idini, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, J.Kostensalo, I.Moore, H.Moller, S.T.Ohlmann, H.Penttila, K.Riisager, S.Rinta-Antila, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen, W.H.Trzaska, J.Aysto

Discovery of an Exceptionally Strong β-Decay Transition of 20F and Implications for the Fate of Intermediate-Mass Stars

RADIOACTIVITY 20F(β-) [from 19F(d, X), E=6 MeV]; measured decay products, Eβ, Iβ; deduced transition strength.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.262701
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2019KO11      Phys.Lett. B 795, 542 (2019)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, C.Giunti, P.C.Srivastava

The gallium anomaly revisited

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 69,71Ga(ν, ν'), E ∼ 1 MeV; calculated σ. Comparison with available data.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.06.057
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2019PI02      Phys.Rev. C 99, 014320 (2019)

P.Pirinen, J.Suhonen, E.Ydrefors

Charged-current neutrino-nucleus scattering off Xe isotopes

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 128,129,130,131,132,134,136Xe(ν, e-), 128Cs/129Cs/130Cs/131Cs/132Cs/134Cs/136Cs, E=5-80 MeV electron neutrinos; 128,129,130,131,132,134,136Xe(ν-bar, e+)128I/129I/130I/131I/132I/134I/136I, E=5-80 MeV electron antineutrinos; calculated σ(E), contribution of different multipole channels to the folded σ for supernova electron-neutrino and electron-antineutrino scattering, 8B solar electron-neutrino scattering, and total averaged cross section arising from different final states of the reaction daughter Cs nuclei in 8Be solar electron-neutrino scattering. Proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA), and microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM) calculations. Relevance to the use of Xenon detectors in the search for dark matter and neutrinoless double-beta decay.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.014320
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2019PI11      Nucl.Phys. A992, 121624 (2019)

P.Pirinen, J.Kotila, J.Suhonen

Spin-dependent WIMP-nucleus scattering off 125Te, 129Xe, and 131Xe in the microscopic interacting boson-fermion model

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 125,129,131Xe(ν, ν), (ν, ν'), E not given;calculated elastic, inelastic spin-dependent scattering using microscopic Interacting Boson-Fermion Model (IBFM-2) σ(θ), 126,130,132Xe total σ, levels, ∼, π, B(M1), magnetic moments, proton-only and neutron-only spin structure functions. Results compared with earlier Shell Model and with Interacting Boson-Fermion Model (IBFM); deduced model parameters.

doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2019.121624
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2019SU07      Nature(London) 568, 462 (2019)

J.Suhonen

Dark-matter detector observes exotic nuclear decay

RADIOACTIVITY 124Xe(2EC); analyzed available data; deduced T1/2.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01212-8
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2019VI05      Phys.Rev. C 100, 054333 (2019)

M.Vilen, A.Kankainen, P.Baczyk, L.Canete, J.Dobaczewski, T.Eronen, S.Geldhof, A.Jokinen, M.Konieczka, J.Kostensalo, I.D.Moore, D.A.Nesterenko, H.Penttila, I.Pohjalainen, M.Reponen, S.Rinta-Antila, A.de Roubin, W.Satula, J.Suhonen

High-precision mass measurements and production of neutron-deficient isotopes using heavy-ion beams at IGISOL

ATOMIC MASSES 82Zr, 84Nb, 86Mo, 88Tc, 88mTc, 89Ru; measured cyclotron frequencies, time-of-flight, and mass excesses using time-of-flight ion-cyclotron resonance (TOF-ICR), and phase-imaging ion-cyclotron resonance (PI-ICR) techniques at the University of Jyvaskyla accelerator laboratory; deduced S(2n), S(2p) and neutron-pairing gap energies. 82Mo, 86Ru; predicted mass excesses using the measured masses of their mirror partners and theoretical mirror displacement energies. Comparison with AME-2016 values, and with other recent measurements. 88Tc; deduced levels, J, π of the ground state and isomer, and compared with shell-model predictions.

NUCLEAR REACTIONS Ni(36Ar, X)82Zr/84Nb/86Mo/88Tc/88mTc/89Ru, E=222 MeV; measured reaction products and yields using the HIGISOL system, mass separated using a radio-frequency sextupole ion guide (SPIG), and injected into the double-Penning-trap mass spectrometer JYFLTRAP at Jyvaskyla.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.100.054333
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2019ZI01      Phys.Rev. C 99, 024327 (2019)

D.Zinatulina, V.Brudanin, V.Egorov, C.Petitjean, M.Shirchenko, J.Suhonen, I.Yutlandov

Ordinary muon capture studies for the matrix elements in ββ decay

NUCLEAR REACTIONS Se(μ-, νxn)76As/77As/79As/81As, Kr(μ-, νxn)84Br/85Br, Cd(μ-, νxn)109Ag/110Ag/111Ag/113Ag/115Ag, Sm(μ-, νxn), 48Ti(μ-, νxn)47Sc/48Sc, 76Se(μ-, νxn)71As/72As/74As/75mAs/76As, 82Kr(μ-, νxn)81Br/82Br, 106Cd(μ-, νxn)105Ag, 150Sm(μ-, νxn)148Pm/148mPm/149Pm/149mPm/150Pm/149Nd, E at 20-30 MeV/c PSI muon beam; measured muon x rays, Eγ, Iγ of decaying ordinary (non-radiative) μ capture products, half-lives of ordinary μ capture products using HPGe detectors for γ detection; deduced μ capture rates, partial capture probabilities. 48Sc, 76As, 106Ag; deduced levels, partial ordinary muon capture (OMC) probabilities to different excited states in daughter nuclei.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.99.024327
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2018AV02      J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 2018, 021 (2018)

F.T.Avignone, III, R.J.Creswick, J.D.Vergados, P.Pirinen, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen

Estimating the flux of the 14.4 keV solar axions

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 57Fe; calculated energy levels, J, π, magnetic dipole moment using nuclear shell model. Comparison with available data.

doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2018/01/021
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2018JO05      Phys.Rev. C 98, 024608 (2018)

L.Jokiniemi, H.Ejiri, D.Frekers, J.Suhonen

Neutrinoless ββ nuclear matrix elements using isovector spin-dipole Jπ = 2- data

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge, 96Zr, 100Mo, 116Cd, 128,130Te, 136Xe(2β-); calculated nuclear matrix elements 0νββ and 2νββ decay modes using realistic two-body interactions with either Woods-Saxon bases or modified Woods-Saxon bases. Comparison with previous theoretical predictions. 76Ge, 76Se, 96Zr, 96,100Mo, 100Ru, 116Cd, 116Sn, 128,130Te, 128,130,136Xe, 136Ba; calculated neutron and proton pairing gaps, 2- isovector spin-dipole resonance and 1+ Gamow-Teller giant resonance data, isovector spin-dipole 2- strength functions.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.98.024608
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2018KO02      J.Phys.(London) G45, 025202 (2018)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, K.Zuber

Spectral shapes of forbidden argon β decays as background component for rare-event searches

RADIOACTIVITY 39,42Ar(β-); analyzed available data; calculated energy levels, J, π, β-spectra using the shell and the microscopic quasiparticle-phonon models.

doi: 10.1088/1361-6471/aa958e
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2018KO07      Phys.Rev. C 97, 034309 (2018)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, K.Zuber

Shell-model computed cross sections for charged-current scattering of astrophysical neutrinos off 40Ar

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 40K, 40Cl; calculated levels, J, π using shell model, and compared with experimental data from ENSDF database.

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 40Ar(ν, e-)40K, 40Ar(ν-bar, e+)40K, E=5-60 MeV; calculated unfolded σ(E) for charged-current (CC) scattering, differential cross sections for the CC supernova-neutrino scattering to final nuclear states considering only the Gamow-Teller and Fermi types of transitions, folded solar-neutrino σ. Comparison with RPA-based calculation.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.97.034309
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2018KO29      Phys.Rev. C 98, 065504 (2018)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen, O.Civitarese

Muon-electron lepton-flavor-violating transitions: Shell-model calculations of transitions in 27Al

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 27Al; calculated levels, J, π, single-particle occupation factors for active proton and neutron orbitals, vector and axial matrix elements of muon-to-electron conversion. Large-scale shell-model calculations of muon-to-electron lepton-flavor violating transitions in 27Al target. Comparison with experimental level structure of 27Al.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.98.065504
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2018SU16      Acta Phys.Pol. B49, 237 (2018)

J.Suhonen

Quenching of the Weak Axial-vector Coupling Strength in β Decays

doi: 10.5506/aphyspolb.49.237
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2017DE09      Phys.Rev. C 95, 034330 (2017)

D.S.Delion, J.Suhonen

Two-neutrino ββ decays and low-lying Gamow-Teller β- strength functions in the mass range A=70-176

RADIOACTIVITY 70Zn, 76Ge, 80,82Se, 86Kr, 94,96Zr, 100Mo, 104Ru, 110Pd, 128,130Te, 134,136Xe, 142Ce, 148,150Nd, 154Sm, 160Gd, 176Yb(2β-); calculated 2νββ decay half-lives, and Gamow-Teller strengths up to 6 MeV excitation energy summed in bins of 0.5 MeV. Comparison with available experimental data and other theoretical calculations. Proton-neutron deformed quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pn-dQRPA) calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034330
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2017FR02      Phys.Rev. C 95, 034619 (2017)

D.Frekers, M.Alanssari, H.Ejiri, M.Holl, A.Poves, J.Suhonen

Charge-exchange reactions on double-β decaying nuclei populating Jπ = 2- states

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 76Ge, 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 128,130Te, 136Xe(3He, t), E=420 MeV; measured E(t), I(t), σ(θ) using Grand Raiden spectrometer at RCNP-Osaka. 76As, 82Br, 96Nb, 100Tc, 128,130I, 136Cs; deduced levels, L-transfers by distorted-wave (DW) analysis of σ(θ) distributions, J, π, relative M2 transition strengths. 76Ge, 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 128,130Te, 136Xe; calculated shell-model occupancies near the Fermi surface for ββ-decaying nuclei using the Interacting shell model (ISM). Comparison of transition strengths with microscopic shell model, QRPA, and semimicroscopic FSQP calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.95.034619
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2017GU17      Phys.Rev. C 96, 014319 (2017)

V.Guadilla, A.Algora, J.L.Tain, J.Agramunt, D.Jordan, A.Montaner-Piza, S.E.A.Orrigo, B.Rubio, E.Valencia, J.Suhonen, O.Civitarese, J.Aysto, J.A.Briz, A.Cucoanes, T.Eronen, M.Estienne, M.Fallot, L.M.Fraile, E.Ganioglu, W.Gelletly, D.Gorelov, J.Hakala, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, V.Kolhinen, J.Koponen, M.Lebois, T.Martinez, M.Monserrate, I.Moore, E.Nacher, H.Penttila, I.Pohjalainen, A.Porta, J.Reinikainen, M.Reponen, S.Rinta-Antila, K.Rytkonen, T.Shiba, V.Sonnenschein, A.A.Sonzogni, V.Vedia, A.Voss, J.N.Wilson, A.-A.Zakari-Issoufou

Experimental study of 100Tc β decay with total absorption γ-ray spectroscopy

RADIOACTIVITY 100Tc(β-)[from 100Mo(p, n), E=8 MeV]; measured Eγ, Iγ, β spectrum using a vase-shaped plastic scintillator, βγ-coin, total absorption TAGS γ spectra using Decay Total Absorption γ-ray Spectrometer (DTAS), IGISOL-IV mass separator and JYFLTRAP Penning trap at the University of Jyvaskyla cyclotron facility; deduced β-intensity distribution extracted from the TAGS analysis, β feedings to g.s. and excited states of 100Ru, logft. Comparison with high-resolution decay data in the ENSDF database at NNDC-BNL, and with quasiparticle random-phase approximation calculations. Benchmark for calculations of the double β decay of 100Mo.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.96.014319
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2017HA06      Phys.Rev. C 95, 024327 (2017)

M.Haaranen, J.Kotila, J.Suhonen

Spectrum-shape method and the next-to-leading-order terms of the β-decay shape factor

RADIOACTIVITY 113Cd, 115In(β-); calculated leading-order (Lo) and next-to-leading-order (NLO) nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) of fourth-forbidden ground-state to ground-state β transitions, partial half-lives as a function of axial-vector coupling constant gA, with vector coupling constant gV=1, β spectra and shape factors; deduced effective values of gA. Spectrum-shape method (SSM), with three nuclear-structure theory frameworks: nuclear shell model (NSM), microscopic interacting boson-fermion model (IBM), and microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM). Comparison with experimental β spectra.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.95.024327
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2017JO10      Phys.Rev. C 96, 034308 (2017)

L.Jokiniemi, J.Suhonen

Isovector spin-multipole strength distributions in β-decay triplets

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 76Ge, 76Se; 82Se, 82Kr; 96Zr, 96Mo; 100Mo, 100Ru; 116Cd, 116Sn; 128Te, 128Xe; 130Te, 130Xe; 136Xe, 136Ba; calculated pairing scaling factors and the resulting pairing gaps for double-β- decaying parent and daughter nuclei. 76As, 82Br, 96Nb, 100Tc, 116In, 128,130I, 136Cs; A=76, 82, 96, 100, 116, 128, 130, 136; calculated energy centroids of spin multipole giant resonance (SMGRs), isovector spin-dipole and isovector spin-quadrupole transition strengths from 0-, 1-, 2-, 1+, 2+, and 3+ excited states of the intermediate odd-odd nuclei. Proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) theory with the Bonn-A two-body interaction in no-core single-particle valence spaces.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.96.034308
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2017KO05      Phys.Rev. C 95, 014322 (2017)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen

Spin-multipole nuclear matrix elements in the pn quasiparticle random-phase approximation: Implications for β and ββ half-lives

RADIOACTIVITY 52V, 52Ti, 52Sc, 54V, 54,56Mn, 56Cr, 94mNb, 104Mo, 104Tc, 120Pd, 120Ag, 132Sn(β-); 54Mn, 94mNb, 96Pd, 96mRh, 110,112,114,116Te, 110,112,114,116Sb, 130Ce, 130La(EC), (β+); calculated nuclear matrix elements and phase-space factors for the second-forbidden unique (between 0+ and 3+ states) β-, β+, EC and EC/β+ decays. 74Kr, 74mBr, 86Zr, 86,88Y, 88,90Mo, 88,90mNb, 88Zr, 146Gd, 146Eu(EC), (β+); calculated nuclear matrix elements and phase-space factors for the third-forbidden unique (between 0+ and 4- states) β+, EC and EC/β+ decays. 50Sc, 50Ca, 58,60,62Co, 60,62Fe, 98,100Zr, 98,100Nb, 104mRh, 114m,116m,118m,120m,122mIn, 118,120,122Cd, 124m,126m,128mSb, 126,128Sn, 130I, 136Cs, 138La(β-); 50mMn, 58mCo, 98,100Pd, 98m,100m,104mRh, 100,102,104Cd, 100,102,104Ag, 114m,116mIn, 124mSb, 130I, 136Cs, 138La(EC), (β+); calculated nuclear matrix elements and phase-space factors for the fourth-forbidden unique (between 0+ and 5+ states) β-, β+, EC and EC/β+ decays. 84Se, 84mBr, 84m,86mRb, 120Pd, 120mAg, 136Te, 136mI, 138Xe, 138mCs(β-); 84m,86mRb, 132Ce, 132mLa, 134Nd, 134Pr(EC), (β+); calculated nuclear matrix elements and phase-space factors for the fifth-forbidden unique (between 0+ and 6- states) β-, β+, EC and EC/β+ decays. 92Nb, 96Tc(β-); 54mCo, 54Ni, 92Nb, 94Ru, 94,96Tc, 106,108,110Sn, 106,108,110In(EC), (β+); calculated nuclear matrix elements and phase-space factors for the sixth-forbidden unique (between 0+ and 7+ states) β-, β+, EC and EC/β+ decays. 116m,118m,120m,122m,124mIn, 118,120,122,124Cd, 120m,122m,124m,126,128,130,132Sb, 126,128,130,132Sn, 134Te, 134mI, 134m,136mCs(β-); 116Te, 116m,120m,122m,124mSb, 116mIn, 134m,136mCs(EC), (β+); calculated nuclear matrix elements and phase-space factors for the seventh-forbidden unique (between 0+ and 8- states) β-, β+, EC and EC/β+ decays. Two-quasiparticle (two-qp) and quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) models, using Woods-Saxon single-particle energies and a G matrix based effective two-body interaction. In all six cases, expected "experimental" half-lives deduced from scaled pnQRPA half-lives.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.95.014322
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2017KO12      Phys.Rev. C 95, 044313 (2017)

J.Kostensalo, M.Haaranen, J.Suhonen

Electron spectra in forbidden β decays and the quenching of the weak axial-vector coupling constant gA

RADIOACTIVITY 125Te, 141Ce, 159Gd, 161Tb, 169Er, 79Se, 85Kr, 89Sr, 107Pd, 125Sb, 135,137Cs, 129I, 93,97Zr, 99Tc, 85Br, 87Rb, 113,115,117Cd, 115,119In, 101Mo, 123Sn(β-); calculated shapes of β spectra, integrated shape functions and their vector CV, axial-vector CA, and mixed components VVA for 26 first to fifth non-unique, and first- and second-unique β- decays using the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) derived from the microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM) and by varying the value of the axial-vector coupling constant gA and including next-to-leading-order terms. Spectrum shape method (SSM). Effective values of the weak coupling constants. Step towards solving the gA problem of neutrinoless double beta decay.

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 87Sr; calculated levels, J, π using microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM), and compared with experimental spectrum.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.95.044313
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2017KO29      Phys.Rev. C 96, 024317 (2017)

J.Kostensalo, J.Suhonen

gA-driven shapes of electron spectra of forbidden β decays in the nuclear shell model

RADIOACTIVITY 36Cl, 48Ca, 50V, 60Fe, 87Rb, 94Nb, 96Zr, 98Tc, 99Tc, 126Sn, 137Ba(β-); calculated unitless integrated shape functions, and their vector, axial-vector, and mixed components, normalized electron spectra for first to sixth forbidden β- decays, driven by the value of the axial-vector coupling constant gA using nuclear matrix elements derived from the nuclear shell model.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.96.024317
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2017SL02      Phys.Rev. C 96, 044302 (2017)

J.M.K.Slotte, P.Granholm, R.Ohman, T.Lonnroth, S.Juutinen, J.Suhonen, P.M.Jones, R.Julin, J.Pakarinen, P.Rahkila, C.Scholey, J.Sorri, J.Uusitalo

In-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of low- and medium-spin levels in 211Po

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 208Pb(α, n)211Po, E=23 MeV; measured Eγ, Iγ, γγ-coin, g←θ), γγ(θ)(ADO) using JUROGAM I array at K=130 cyclotron facility of the University of Jyvaskyla. 211Po; deduced levels, J, π, multipolarities, configurations. Comparison of level structures in 210,211Po, 207,209Pb. Discussed γ-transitions involving mixed states.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.96.044302
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2017SU32      Phys.Rev. C 96, 055501 (2017)

J.Suhonen

Impact of the quenching of gA on the sensitivity of 0νββ experiments

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge, 96Zr, 100Mo, 130Te, 136Xe(2β-); calculated nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) and reduced half-lives for 0νββ decay mode as function of weak axial-vector coupling constant gA; deduced that the sensitivity of the present and future neutrinoless ββ-decay experiments due to gA decreased only by a factor of 2-6, in contrast to factors up to ≈300 with assumed simple-minded ratio of the free and effective values of the axial-vector coupling constant. Consistent approach to 2νββ and 0νββ decays by the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.96.055501
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2016AL03      Phys.Rev.Lett. 116, 072501 (2016)

M.Alanssari, D.Frekers, T.Eronen, L.Canete, J.Dilling, M.Haaranen, J.Hakala, M.Holl, M.Jeskovsky, A.Jokinen, A.Kankainen, J.Koponen, A.J.Mayer, I.D.Moore, D.A.Nesterenko, I.Pohjalainen, P.Povinec, J.Reinikainen, S.Rinta-Antila, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen, R.I.Thompson, A.Voss, M.E.Wieser

Single and Double Beta-Decay Q Values among the Triplet96Zr, 96Nb, and 96Mo

ATOMIC MASSES 96Zr, 96Nb, 96Mo; measured time-of-flight spectra using a Ramsey excitation pattern, cyclotron-frequency ratios; deduced Q-values for β and 2β-decays. Comparison with AME2012, IGISOL-JYFLTRAP facility.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.072501
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2016AL24      Phys.Rev. C 94, 044614 (2016)

W.Almosly, B.G.Carlsson, J.Suhonen, J.Toivanen, E.Ydrefors

Theoretical estimates of supernova-neutrino cross sections for the stable even-even lead isotopes: Charged-current reactions

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 204,206,208Pb(ν, X), (ν-bar, X), E=5-80 MeV; calculated centroids of Gamow-Teller giant resonance (GTGR), GTGR β- Gamow-Teller strengths S-(GTGR), total β- and β+ GT strengths, energies of the IAS, total charge current (CC) neutrino σ(E), average energies of β- and β+ transitions, total σ(E) for the charged-current electron neutrino and antineutrino scatterings, contributions of various multipole channels and final nuclear states to averaged cross sections. Proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA) with three different Skyrme interactions. Comparison with available experimental data. Relevance to supernova neutrinos.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.94.044614
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2016CI06      Int.J.Mod.Phys. E25, 1650081 (2016)

O.Civitarese, J.Suhonen, K.Zuber

Combining data from high-energy pp-reactions and neutrinoless double-beta decay: Limits on the mass of the right-handed boson

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge, 136Xe(2β-); analyzed available data; deduced limits on the mass of the right-handed boson.

doi: 10.1142/S0218301316500816
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2016DE33      Phys.Rev. C 94, 055501 (2016)

F.F.Deppisch, J.Suhonen

Statistical analysis of β decays and the effective value of gA in the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation framework

RADIOACTIVITY 62Cu, 62Zn, 68Ga, 68Ge, 80Rb, 118Sb, 118Te, 120Sb, 122I, 122Xe, 122,124,126,128Cs, 124,126,128Ba, 134La, 134Ce, 138,140Pr, 138,140Nd, 140,142Pm, 140,142Sm, 140,142Eu, 140Gd(EC), (β+); 66Ni, 66,68,70Cu, 80As, 98Y, 98Zr, 100Nb, 102Mo, 102Tc, 106Rh, 108Ru, 108Rh, 114Pd, 114Ag, 118,120,122Cd, 118,120,122In(β-); 64Cu, 70Ga, 78,80Br, 100Tc, 104Rh, 106,108,110Ag, 112,114,116In, 128I, 130Cs(EC), (β-); analyzed comparative half-lives (logft values) for ground state-to-ground-state single β+/electron-capture and β- decays for isobaric triplets and multiplets by Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) statistical analysis, and compared with proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation framework with G-matrix based on two-nucleon interactions; deduced effective axial-vector coupling constant gA. 70Zn, 80Se, 100Mo, 104Ru, 110Pd, 114,116Cd, 122Sn, 128Te(2β-); calculated half-lives, and compared with available experimental values.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.94.055501
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2016GR17      Eur.Phys.J. A 52, 340 (2016)

T.Grahn, J.Pakarinen, L.Jokiniemi, M.Albers, K.Auranen, C.Bauer, C.Bernards, A.Blazhev, P.A.Butler, S.Bonig, A.Damyanova, T.De Coster, H.De Witte, J.Elseviers, L.P.Gaffney, M.Huyse, A.Herzan, U.Jakobsson, R.Julin, N.Kesteloot, J.Konki, Th.Kroll, L.Lewandowski, K.Moschner, P.Peura, M.Pfeiffer, D.Radeck, P.Rahkila, E.Rapisarda, P.Reiter, K.Reynders, M.Rudiger, M.-D.Salsac, S.Sambi, M.Scheck, M.Seidlitz, B.Siebeck, T.Steinbach, S.Stolze, J.Suhonen, P.Thoele, M.Thurauf, N.Warr, P.Van Duppen, M.Venhart, M.J.Vermeulen, V.Werner, M.Veselsky, A.Vogt, K.Wrzosek-Lipska, M.Zielinska

Collective 2+1 excitations in 206Po and 208, 210Rn

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 104Pd, 114Cd(206Po, x), E=2.85 MeV/nucleon;104Pd, 114Cd(208Rn, x), (210Rn, x), E=2.82 MeV/nucleon; measured Coulomb excitation Eγ, Iγ, γγ-coin using MINIBALL γ spectrometer, scattered projectiles and target recoils using annular double-sided Si strip detectors (CD), time difference between MINIBALL γ's and CD data; deduced γ ray energy spectra, diagonal vs transitional matrix element, B(E2); calculated B(E2) using QRPA.

doi: 10.1140/epja/i2016-16340-6
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2016HA06      Phys.Rev. C 93, 034308 (2016)

M.Haaranen, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen

Forbidden nonunique β decays and effective values of weak coupling constants

RADIOACTIVITY 113Cd, 115In(β-); calculated partial half-lives and β spectrum shapes of fourth-forbidden nonunique g.s. to g.s. β decay branches as function of axial-vector coupling constant gA using microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM) and nuclear shell model (NSM). Comparison with experimental results. Discussed application and power of spectrum-shape method (SSM).

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034308
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2016HY01      Phys.Rev. C 93, 064306 (2016)

J.Hyvarinen, J.Suhonen

Neutrinoless ββ decays to excited 0+ states and the Majorana-neutrino mass

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge, 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 110Pd, 116Cd, 124Sn, 130Te, 136Xe(2β-); calculated nuclear matrix elements (NMEs), nuclear-structure coefficients for 0νββ decay for ground-state to excited-state transitions, proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pn-QRPA), charge-conserving QRPA (ccQRPA), multiple-commutator model (MCM), light Majorana-exchange, heavy Majorana-exchange, isospin symmetry restoration, QRPA multipole decompositions of the nuclear matrix elements. Comparison with IBM-2 calculations.

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 76Se, 82Kr, 96Mo, 100Ru, 110Cd, 116Sn, 124Te, 130Xe, 136Ba; calculated 0+ and 2+ states, first 4+ states, B(E2) for first 2+ and 4+ states, effective charges using QRPA and two-phonon model. Comparison with experimental values.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.93.064306
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2016PI08      Phys.Rev. D 93, 095012 (2016)

P.Pirinen, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen, M.Kortelainen

Shell-model study on event rates of lightest supersymmetric particles scattering off 83Kr and 125Te

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 83Kr, 125Te; calculated energy levels, J, π, B(E2), electric quadrupole and magnetic moments. Comparison with experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.095012
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2016VE05      J.Phys.(London) G43, 115002 (2016)

J.D.Vergados, F.T.Avignone, III, M.Kortelainen, P.Pirinen, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen, A.W.Thomas

Inelastic WIMP-nucleus scattering to the first excited state in 125Te

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 125Te; calculated energy levels, J, π, B(E2), B(M1). Comparison with available data.

doi: 10.1088/0954-3899/43/11/115002
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2015DE15      Phys.Rev. C 91, 054329 (2015)

D.S.Delion, J.Suhonen

Double-β decay within a consistent deformed approach

RADIOACTIVITY 150Nd(2β-); calculated B(GT) strength versus excitation energy in the intermediate nucleus 150Pm, Gamow-Teller 2νββ matrix element. 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 128,130Te, 150Nd, 238U(2β-); calculated half-lives. Calculations based on proton-neutron deformed quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pn-dQRPA). Comparison with experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.91.054329
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2015HY01      Phys.Rev. C 91, 024613 (2015)

J.Hyvarinen, J.Suhonen

Nuclear matrix elements for 0νββ decays with light or heavy Majorana-neutrino exchange

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge, 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 110Pd, 116Cd, 124Sn, 128,130Te, 136Xe(2β-); calculated nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay, QRPA multipole decompositions of the nuclear matrix elements for ground state to ground state decays mediated by Light- and heavy-Majorana exchange, effects of the isospin symmetry restoration. Proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pn-QRPA) approach, with two-nucleon interactions based on the Bonn one-boson-exchange G matrix.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.91.024613
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2015HY02      Phys.Rev. C 91, 054308 (2015)

J.Hyvarinen, J.Suhonen

Recursive method for computing matrix elements for two-body interactions

RADIOACTIVITY 48Ca, 76Ge, 82Se(2β-); calculated 0νββ two-body matrix elements (TBME) using Horie and Sasaki computational methods, radial integrals, recursive relations. Application of method to general nuclear structure calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.91.054308
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2015PI06      Phys.Rev. C 91, 054309 (2015)

P.Pirinen, J.Suhonen

Systematic approach to β and 2νββ decays of mass A=100-136 nuclei

RADIOACTIVITY 100Zr, 100Nb, 102Mo, 100,102Tc, 104Rh, 106,108Ru, 106,108Rh, 106,108,110,114Ag, 112,114,116,118,120,122In, 114Pd, 118,120,122Cd, 118Sb, 128I, 130Cs(β-); 100Tc, 104Rh, 106,108,110Ag, 112,114,116In, 118Sb, 122,128I, 122Xe, 124,126,128,130Cs, 124,126,128Ba, 134La, 134Ce(EC), (β+); 100Mo, 104Ru, 110Pd, 114,116Cd, 122Mo, 124Sn, 128,130Te, 134,136Xe(2β-); 102Pd, 106,108Cd, 112Sn, 120Te, 124,126Xe, 130,132Ba, 136Ce(2β+), (2EC), (β+EC); calculated matrix elements and logft values of single β decays, matrix elements and half-lives of 2νββ decays. Gamow-Teller β decay. Quasiparticle random-phase approximation. Effective axial-vector coupling constant. Comparison with available experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.91.054309
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2015VE08      Phys.Rev. D 92, 015015 (2015)

J.D.Vergados, F.T.Avignone, III, P.Pirinen, P.C.Srivastava, M.Kortelainen, J.Suhonen

Theoretical direct WIMP detection rates for transitions to the first excited state in 83Kr

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 83Kr; calculated energy levels, J, π, B(E2), B(M1), electric quadrupole moments. Comparison with available data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.015015
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2015YD01      Phys.Rev. C 91, 014307 (2015)

E.Ydrefors, J.Suhonen, Y.M.Zhao

Neutrino-nucleus scattering off 136Xe

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 136Xe(ν, X), (ν-bar, X), E=5.0-100.0 MeV; calculated σ(E) for the neutral-, and charge-current neutrino and antineutrino scatterings. 136Xe(ν, ν)136Xe; 136Xe(ν, e-)136Cs; 136Xe(ν-bar, e+)136I; E not given; calculated σ(J) from the dominant multipole channels to the averaged cross section. Quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA), and the pnQRPA to construct the initial and final nuclear states. Relevance to experiments on search for neutrinoless double β decay of 136Xe, and studies of supernova or solar neutrinos.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.91.014307
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2015YD02      Rom.J.Phys. 60, 836 (2015)

E.Ydrefors, W.Almosly, J.Suhonen

Nuclear Structure and Neutrino-Nucleus Reactions at Supernova Energies

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 92,94,95,96,97,98,100Mo(ν, X), E<100 MeV; calculated σ, wave functions. QRPA (NC processes in even-even isotopes) and the pnQRPA (CC processes in even-even isotopes). NC and CC processes in odd-mass isotopes were computed by the use of the QRPA-based MQPM model.


2014AL04      Phys.Rev. C 89, 024308 (2014)

W.Almosly, B.G.Carlsson, J.Dobaczewski, J.Suhonen, J.Toivanen, P.Vesely, E.Ydrefors

Charged-current neutrino and antineutrino scattering off 116Cd described by Skyrme forces

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 116Cd(ν, ν), (ν-bar, ν-bar), E=5-80 MeV; calculated charged-current σ(E). 116Cd(ν, e-)116In, 116Cd(ν, e+)116Ag, E=5-80 MeV; calculated β strengths for Gamow-Teller transitions, positions of major and minor satellites of Gamow-Teller giant resonances, normalized averaged differential cross sections, IAS in 116In. Quasiparticle random-phase approximation in charge-changing mode (pnQRPA) using ten different Skyrme interactions, and parameterize Fermi-Dirac distributions of electron-neutrino and electron-antineutrino energies. Comparison with calculations using locally adjusted Bonn potential.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.89.024308
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2014CI01      Phys.Rev. C 89, 044319 (2014)

O.Civitarese, J.Suhonen

Strength of Jπ = 1 + Gamow-Teller and isovector spin monopole transitions in double-β-decay triplets

RADIOACTIVITY 76Ge, 82Se, 100Mo, 116Cd, 128,130Te, 136Xe(2β-); calculated pairing scaling factors, pairing gaps, distribution of Gamow-Teller (GT-) and isovector spin monopole transition strengths (IVSM-), particle-hole and particle-particle interactions in the 1+ channel, energy of the first pnQRPA eigenvalue, energetics, intensities and amplitudes of the GT-, GT+, IVSM-, IVSM+ modes, cumulative strengths. Realistic pnQRPA calculations of the GT and IVSM excitations in double-odd intermediate mass nuclei 76As, 82Br, 100Tc, 116In, 128,130I, 136Cs. Relevance to (p, n) strengths in the 10-20 MeV excitation region.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.89.044319
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2014DE29      Europhys.Lett. 107, 52001 (2014)

D.S.Delion, J.Suhonen

Effective axial-vector strength and β-decay systematics

RADIOACTIVITY 70Ga, 78Br, 100Tc, 104Rh, 106,110Ag, 116In, 128I, 130Cs(β-), (EC); calculated Gamow-Teller decay rates, matrix elements, T1/2. Proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (pnQRPA), comparison with experimental data.

doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/107/52001
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2014EJ01      Phys.Lett. B 729, 27 (2014)

H.Ejiri, N.Soukouti, J.Suhonen

Spin-dipole nuclear matrix elements for double beta decays and astro-neutrinos

RADIOACTIVITY 72,74As, 84,86Rb, 122Sb, 124,126I, 132La(β+), 74,76,78As, 84Br, 84,86,88Rb, 92,94Y, 122Sb, 126I(β-); calculated spin-dipole and quasi-particle nuclear matrix elements. QRPA, comparison with available data.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.12.051
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2014HA06      Phys.Rev. C 89, 034315 (2014)

M.Haaranen, M.Horoi, J.Suhonen

Shell-model study of the 4th- and 6th-forbidden β-decay branches of 48Ca

RADIOACTIVITY 48Ca(β-), (2β-); calculated partial half-lives for 4th and 6th-forbidden β decays to 6+, 5+ and 4+ states in 48Sc. Competition between single β decay and 2νββ decay branches. Shell-model calculations using GXPF1A effective interaction. Comparison with experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.89.034315
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2014HA33      Phys.Rev. C 90, 044314 (2014)

M.Haaranen, P.C.Srivastava, J.Suhonen, K.Zuber

β-decay half-life of 50V calculated by the shell model

RADIOACTIVITY 50V(β-), (EC); calculated one-body transition densities (OBTDs) and nuclear matrix elements (NMEs), partial half-lives for 4th-forbidden non-unique β transitions from 6+ ground state of 50V to first 2+ states in 50Cr and 50Ti. Shell model calculations with the GXPF1A interaction in the full f-p shell. Comparison with experimental half-lives.

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 50Ti, 50V, 50Cr; calculated levels, J, π, B(E2), electric quadrupole and magnetic dipole moments. Comparison with experimental results. Shell model calculations with the GXPF1A interaction in the full f-p shell.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.90.044314
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2014KO01      Hyperfine Interactions 223, 195 (2014)

V.S.Kolhinen, S.Rahaman, J.Suhonen

Double-β decay studies with JYFLTRAP

doi: 10.1007/s10751-012-0618-3
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2014SU06      Nucl.Phys. A924, 1 (2014)

J.Suhonen, O.Civitarese

Single and double beta decays in the A=100, A=116 and A=128 triplets of isobars

RADIOACTIVITY 100Mo, 100Tc, 100Ru, 116Cd, 116In, 116Sn, 128Te, 128I, 128Xe(β-);100Mo, 116Cd, 128Te(2β-); calculated mean-field orbitals proton orbitals energy, pairing, β decay, 2β decay nuclear matrix elements, gA coupling constant, B(GT), effective strength function using pnQRPA. Compared with other calculations.

doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2014.01.004
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2014SU22      Phys.Scr. 89, 054032 (2014)

J.Suhonen

Theoretical studies of rare weak processes in nuclei

COMPILATION Z=1-118; compiled β-decay data to find 0ν2β-decay, 0ν2EC, ultra-low Q value decays, competition of 1β and 2β decay processes. 37As, 111,131I, 146Pm, 149Gd, 155,159Eu, 161Ho deduced potential candidate β transitions with ultra-low Q value. 74Se, 106Ru, 102Pd, 106Cd, 112Sn, 124Xe, 130Ba, 136Ce, 144Sm, 152Gd, 156Dy, 162,164Er, 168Yb, 180W deduced 0ν2EC candidates.

doi: 10.1088/0031-8949/89/5/054032
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2013AL13      J.Phys.(London) G40, 095201 (2013)

W.Almosly, E.Ydrefors, J.Suhonen

Neutral- and charged-current supernova-neutrino scattering off 116Cd

NUCLEAR REACTIONS 116Cd(ν, ν'), E=5-80 MeV; calculated σ, focusing on incoherent neutral current and charge current processes. QRPA, Fermi-Dirac distribution of neutrino energies, COBRA experiment applications.

doi: 10.1088/0954-3899/40/9/095201
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2013BE09      Phys.Rev. C 87, 034607 (2013)

P.Belli, R.Bernabei, F.Cappella, R.Cerulli, F.A.Danevich, S.d'Angelo, A.Incicchitti, G.P.Kovtun, N.G.Kovtun, M.Laubenstein, D.V.Poda, O.G.Polischuk, A.P.Shcherban, D.A.Solopikhin, J.Suhonen, V.I.Tretyak

Search for 2β decays of 96Ru and 104Ru by ultralow-background HPGe γ spectrometry at LNGS: Final results

RADIOACTIVITY 96Ru(2β+), (β+EC), (2EC); 104Ru(2β-); measured Eγ, Iγ, lower limits of half-lives for 2ν2β+, 0ν2β+, 2νϵβ+, 0νϵβ+, 2ν2ϵ, 0ν2ϵ, 0ν2K, 0νKL, 0ν2L, 2νβ-, 0ν2β- decay modes at Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Comparison of half-life limits with previous experimental and theoretical results.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.87.034607
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2013DE05      Phys.Rev. C 87, 024309 (2013)

D.S.Delion, J.Suhonen

Unified description of 21+ states within the deformed quasiparticle random-phase approximation

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 130Te, 240Pu; calculated energy-weighted strength functions S(E) for spherical and vibrational nucleus. Z=50-100; calculated B(E2) for first 2+ states, 2+ level energies. deformed quasiparticle random phase approximation (dQRPA) calculations. Comparison with experimental data.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.87.024309
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2013HA24      Eur.Phys.J. A 49, 93 (2013)

M.Haaranen, J.Suhonen

Beta decay of 115Cd and its possible ultra-low Q-value branch

RADIOACTIVITY 115Cd(β-); calculated 115Cd to 115In β-decay transitions, low-energy levels, J, π using MQPM (microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model), T1/2.

doi: 10.1140/epja/i2013-13093-8
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2013SU09      Phys.Rev. C 87, 034318 (2013)

J.Suhonen

Analysis of double-β transitions in 78Kr

RADIOACTIVITY 78Kr(2β+), (β+EC), (2EC); calculated nuclear matrix elements, T1/2 of 2ν2β and 0ν2β decay modes to ground and excited states in 78Se. Quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) calculations combined with multiple-commutator model. Discussed feasibility of experimental measurements of 2β decay modes.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.87.034318
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