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  • Determining gA/gV with High...
    Leder, A.  F.; Mayer, D.; Ouellet, J.  L.; Danevich, F.  A.; Dumoulin, L.; Giuliani, A.; Kostensalo, J.; Kotila, J.; de Marcillac, P.; Nones, C.; Novati, V.; Olivieri, E.; Poda, D.; Suhonen, J.; Tretyak, V.  I.; Winslow, L.; Zolotarova, A.

    Physical review letters, 12/2022, Letnik: 129, Številka: 23
    Journal Article

    Neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) processes sample a wide range of intermediate forbidden nuclear transitions, which may be impacted by quenching of the axial vector coupling constant (gA/gV), the uncertainty of which plays a pivotal role in determining the sensitivity reach of 0νββ experiments. Here we present measurements performed on a high-resolution LiInSe2 bolometer in a “source = detector” configuration to measure the spectral shape of the fourfold forbidden β decay of 115In . The value of gA/gV is determined by comparing the spectral shape of theoretical predictions to the experimental β spectrum taking into account various simulated background components as well as a variety of detector effects. We find evidence of quenching of gA/gV at >5 σ with a model-dependent quenching factor of 0.655 ± 0.002 as compared to the free-nucleon value for the interacting shell model. We also measured the 115In half-life to be 5.18 ± 0.06(stat) $^{+0.005}_{- 0.015}$(sys) x 1014 yr within the interacting shell model framework. This Letter demonstrates the power of the bolometeric technique to perform precision nuclear physics single-β decay measurements, which along with improved nuclear modeling can help reduce the uncertainties in the calculation of several decay nuclear matrix elements including those used in 0νββ sensitivity calculations.