Atomic relaxation of <sup>7</sup>Be after capture decay - absolute energies, transitions and shake probabilities

ORAL

Abstract

The development of high-resolution superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) quantum sensors has recently allowed for direct measurements of 7Li recoils following 7Be electron capture decay through the direct implementation of 7Be+ ions into the sensor. The main goal of the BeEST experiment is the search of physics beyond the standard model (BSM) in the neutrino sector.  In the first two Phases of the experiment, details in the spectral response have shown disagreement with available theoretical values in the literature, primarily from the atomic structure. Therefore, an effort on the understanding of the atomic relaxation has to be accomplished.  In this work, we present the steps towards the full calculation of the atomic relaxation process after the 7Be decay. Two approaches have been used, one using the Multiconfiguration Dirac Fock and General Matrix Element (MCDFGME) Code and another using the Flexible Atomic Code (FAC). All possible transition energies and relative intensities of all shake processes will be presented.

*The BeEST experiment is supported by the Office of Nuclear Physics in the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science under Grant DE-SC0021245 and the LLNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development program through Grants No. 19-FS-027 and No. 20-LW-006. TRIUMF receives federal funding via a contribution agreement with the National Research Council of Canada. This research was performed under appointment to the Nuclear Nonproliferation International Safeguards Fellowship Program sponsored by the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administrations Office of International Nuclear Safeguards (NA-241). The theoretical work was performed as part of the European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR) Projects No. 17FUN02 MetroMMC and No. 20FUN09 PrimA-LTD. This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC52- 07NA27344.

Presenters

  • Jorge Machado

    • LIBPhys-UNL

Authors

  • Jorge Machado

    • LIBPhys-UNL
  • Jose Paulo P Santos

    • Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Pedro Amaro

    • Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Mauro Guerra

    • LIBPhys-UNL
  • Xavier Mougeot

    • CEA Saclay DRT / LIST / DM2I / LNHB
  • Paul-Antoine Hervieux

    • Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS)
  • Kyle G Leach

    • Colorado School of Mines
  • Stephan Friedrich

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab