Ab initio calculations of <sup>10</sup>C → <sup>10</sup>B super-allowed Fermi transition
ORAL
Abstract
Ab initio approaches describe nuclei as nucleons experiencing inter-nucleonic forces, providing a rigorous framework for testing fundamental Standard Model (SM) symmetries. Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix unitarity is a sensitive probe of Beyond SM (BSM) physics. New analysis of Fermi decays reveal a statistical discrepancy with CKM unitarity. Extraction of the largest contributor to unitarity, Vud, from super-allowed 0+ → 0+ Fermi transitions requires calculation of the isospin symmetry breaking correction δC. Using the No-Core Shell Model with Continuum, with chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions as the sole input, we investigate the 10C → 10B super-allowed Fermi decay. We show good description of the 0+ ground state for 10C and, importantly, we present novel structure for 10B, considered as two charge-exchange mass partitions. The quality of these structure results is encouraging for determination of δC, for which we aim to present a preliminary result.
*Supported by NSERC Grant No. SAPIN-2016-00033. TRIUMF receives federal funding via a contribution agreement with the National Research Council of Canada. Computing support came from an INCITE Award on the Summit supercomputer of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) at ORNL, and from Compute Canada.
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Presenters
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Michael Gennari
- TRIUMF