Effects of orbital occupancies and spin-orbit partners II: 0νββ decays of 76Ge, 82Se and 136Xe to first excited 0+ states

Nuclear Physics A

Volumn 853, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-60

  Suhonen, Jouni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Multiple commutator model; Neutrinoless double beta decay; Orbital occupancies; Quasiparticle random phase approximation; Spin orbit partners

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951851297     PISSN: 03759474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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