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$\beta^-$ decay $Q$-value measurement of $^{136}$Cs and its implications to neutrino studies

Z Ge
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T Eronen
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M Ramalho
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J Kostensalo
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J Kotila
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J Suhonen
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D.A Nesterenko
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A Kankainen
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O Beliuskina
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M Flayol
A Jaries
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A Jokinen
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I.D Moore
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P Pirinen
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J Romero
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M Stryjczyk
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V Virtanen
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A Zadvornaya
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Résumé

The $\beta^-$ decay $Q$-value of $^{136}$Cs ($J^\pi = 5^+$, $t_{1/2} \approx 13$~days) was measured with the JYFLTRAP Penning trap setup at the Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line (IGISOL) facility of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The mono-isotopic samples required in the measurements were prepared with a new scheme utilised for the cleaning, based on the coupling of dipolar excitation with Ramsey's method of time-separated oscillatory fields and the phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance (PI-ICR) technique. The $Q$ value is determined to be 2536.83(45) keV, which is $\sim$4 times more precise and 11.4(20) keV ($\sim$ 6$\sigma$) smaller than the adopted value in the most recent Atomic Mass Evaluation AME2020. The daughter, $^{136}$Ba, has a 4$^+$ state at 2544.481(24) keV and a $3^-$ state at 2532.653(23) keV, both of which can potentially be ultralow $Q$-value end-states for the $^{136}$Cs decay. With our new ground-to-ground state $Q$ value, the decay energies to these two states become -7.65(45) keV and 4.18(45) keV, respectively. The former is confirmed to be negative at the level of $\sim$ 17$\sigma$, which verifies that this transition is not a suitable candidate for neutrino mass determination. On the other hand, the slightly negative $Q$ value makes this transition an interesting candidate for the study of virtual $\beta$-$\gamma$ transitions. The decay to the 3$^{-}$ state is validated to have a positive low $Q$ value which makes it a viable candidate for neutrino mass determination. For this transition, we obtained a shell-model-based half-life estimate of $2.1_{-0.8}^{+1.6}\times10^{12}$ yr.

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hal-04137318 , version 1 (22-06-2023)

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Z Ge, T Eronen, A de Roubin, M Ramalho, J Kostensalo, et al.. $\beta^-$ decay $Q$-value measurement of $^{136}$Cs and its implications to neutrino studies. Phys.Rev.C, 2023, 108 (4), pp.045502. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.108.045502⟩. ⟨hal-04137318⟩
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