Measurement of Quenched Axial Vector Coupling Constant in In-115 Beta Decay and its Impact on Future 0$\nu\beta\beta$ Searches

ORAL

Abstract

0$\nu\beta\beta$ is a nuclear process under investigation by numerous experiments, which if detected would demonstrate that neutrinos are Majorana particles. 0$\nu\beta\beta$ samples a wide range of intermediate forbidden nuclear transitions, which are governed by the quenched axial vector coupling constant ($g_A^{eff}$), the uncertainty of which plays a pivotal role in the uncertainty of the nuclear matrix elements. The recently reexamined role of $g_A^{eff}$ in these transitions has prompted measurements of $g_A^{eff}$ in highly forbidden decays via beta spectrum shape investigation with high resolution, low threshold bolometers. In this talk, we present measurements performed on a $LiInSe_{2}$ bolometer, with a 4-fold forbidden beta decay of In-115. This decay is sensitive to similar nuclear effects as 0$\nu\beta\beta$. We extracted the value of $g_A^{eff}$ through the use of a Markov Chain Monte Carlo taking into account experimentally determined background levels. We will discuss the obtained results along with possible impacts this study has for future 0$\nu\beta\beta$ measurements.

Presenters

  • Alexander Friedrich Leder

    Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

Authors

  • Alexander Friedrich Leder

    Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

  • Claudia Nones

    CEA-IRFU-Saclay

  • Anastasiia Zolotarova

    CEA-IRFU-Saclay

  • Fedor Danevich

    Institute for Nuclear Research, Kyiv

  • Andrea Giuliani

    CSNSM

  • Pierre de Marcillac

    CSNSM

  • Valentina Novati

    CSNSM

  • Emiliano Olivieri

    CSNSM

  • Denys Poda

    CSNSM

  • Vladimir Tretyak

    Institute for Nuclear Research, Kyiv

  • Joel Kostensalo

    Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä

  • Jouni Suhonen

    Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä

  • Jonathan Ouellet

    Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

  • Lindley A Winslow

    Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT