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Main Authors: Gambacurta, Danilo, Grasso, Marcella
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18849
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  • We employ, within the framework of Skyrme energy-density functional theory, the subtracted second random-phase approximation, recently developed for charge-exchange excitations, to compute $β$-decay half-lives in four nuclei, $^{24}$O, $^{34}$Si, $^{78}$Ni, and $^{132}$Sn. Following our recent results on the description of the Gamow-Teller strength, we proceed coherently in the present work by computing $β$-decay half-lives using the bare value of the axial-vector coupling constant $g_A$. Half-lives are thus obtained, within the allowed Gamow-Teller approximation, without the use of any ad hoc quenching factors. A genuine quenching is indeed microscopically introduced in our model owing to the correlations induced by the coupling of one-particle one-hole configurations with two-particle two-hole ones. The role of the so-called $J^2$ terms is also studied. By comparing our results with experimental data, we show a general improvement of $β$-decay half-lives with respect to results obtained within the commonly used Random Phase Approximation (RPA). The inclusion of the two-particle two-hole configurations produces a more fragmented and richer spectrum within the $β$-window, resulting in lower $β$ half-lives with respect to the RPA ones.