A. S. Barabash, F. Hubert, Ph. Hubert, V. I. Umatov, “Double beta decay of $^{150}$Nd to the first $0^+$ excited state of $^{150}$Sm”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2004, Volume 79, Issue 1,Pages 12

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FIELDS, PARTICLES, AND NUCLEI

Double beta decay of $^{150}$Nd to the first $0^+$ excited state of $^{150}$Sm

A. S. Barabash^a, F. Hubert^b, Ph. Hubert^b, V. I. Umatov^a

^a Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117259 Moscow, Russia
^b Centre d'Études Nucléaires, IN2P3-CNRS et Université de Bordeaux, F-33170 Gradignan, France

Abstract: Two neutrino double beta decay of $^{150}$Nd to the first $0^{+}$ excited state in $^{150}$Sm is investigated with the 400 cm$^3$ low-background HPGe detector. Data analysis for $11320.5$ hours shows the excess of events at $333.9$ keV and $406.5$ keV. This allowsto estimate the half-life of the investigated process as $[1.4^{+0.4}_{-0.2}(\text{stat})\pm 0.3(\text{syst})]\cdot 10^{20}$ yr.

PACS: 23.40.-s

Received: 03.11.2003

Language: English