Abstract
The (d,He-2) charge-exchange reaction on the double-beta decay (beta
beta) nucleus Zn-64 has been studied at an incident energy of 183 MeV.
The two protons in the S-1(0) state (indicated as He-2) were both
momentum analyzed and detected simultaneously by the BBS magnetic
spectrometer and its position-sensitive detector. He-2 spectra with a
resolution of about 115 keV (FWHM) have been obtained allowing
identification of many levels in the residual nucleus Cu-64 with high
precision. Zn-64 is one of the rare cases undergoing a beta beta decay
in beta(+) direction. In the experiment presented here, Gamow-Teller
(GT(+)) transition strengths have been extracted. Together with the
GT(-) transition strengths from Ni-64(He-3,t) data to the same
intermediate nucleus Cu-64, the nuclear matrix elements of the beta beta
decay of Zn-64 have been evaluated. Finally, the GT(+/-) distributions
are compared with shell-model calculations and a critical assessment is
given of the various residual interactions presently employed for the pf
shell.
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