Radiative corrections to two-neutrino double-beta decay
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| author | de Vries, Jordy Mereghetti, Emanuele Morabit, Saad el Sandner, Stefan |
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| contents | We use heavy-nucleus effective field theory to compute radiative corrections to two-neutrino double-$β$ decay ($2νββ$). Our main result is the first derivation of a universal radiative-correction factor for double-weak decays -- the analogue of the Sirlin function in single-$β$ decay -- independent of nuclear matrix elements and excitation energies. This "double-weak Sirlin function" depends on the individual electron energies as well as their relative angle and differs significantly from the approximation obtained by summing two single-$β$ decay Sirlin functions. In addition, we calculate the nuclear-structure-dependent component of the radiative corrections and find that they can still be neglected at current experimental sensitivities. On the other hand, the double-weak Sirlin function induces distortions of the electron energies and angular spectra that are comparable in size to the leading nuclear-structure corrections parametrized by the ratio of nuclear matrix elements, $ξ_{31}$. Our results indicate that extractions of nuclear structure information and tests of the Standard Model from high-precision $2νββ$ measurements must include double-weak radiative corrections, implying that recent extractions of $ξ_{31}$ should be revisited. |
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| spellingShingle | Radiative corrections to two-neutrino double-beta decay de Vries, Jordy Mereghetti, Emanuele Morabit, Saad el Sandner, Stefan High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory We use heavy-nucleus effective field theory to compute radiative corrections to two-neutrino double-$β$ decay ($2νββ$). Our main result is the first derivation of a universal radiative-correction factor for double-weak decays -- the analogue of the Sirlin function in single-$β$ decay -- independent of nuclear matrix elements and excitation energies. This "double-weak Sirlin function" depends on the individual electron energies as well as their relative angle and differs significantly from the approximation obtained by summing two single-$β$ decay Sirlin functions. In addition, we calculate the nuclear-structure-dependent component of the radiative corrections and find that they can still be neglected at current experimental sensitivities. On the other hand, the double-weak Sirlin function induces distortions of the electron energies and angular spectra that are comparable in size to the leading nuclear-structure corrections parametrized by the ratio of nuclear matrix elements, $ξ_{31}$. Our results indicate that extractions of nuclear structure information and tests of the Standard Model from high-precision $2νββ$ measurements must include double-weak radiative corrections, implying that recent extractions of $ξ_{31}$ should be revisited. |
| title | Radiative corrections to two-neutrino double-beta decay |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23592 |