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Description
The measurement of nuclear physics parameters has recently become increasingly important for the fields of geochronology, nuclear physics, and particle astrophysics. This is especially true for highly-forbidden decays, which typically can have a very long, greater than one billion years, half-life. Experimental validation of these decays can allow us to understand their complex nuclear-structure effects, any quenching of the weak axial-vector coupling, their prominence as a background for rare-event searches and their relevance for 0νββ experiments. However, although the long half-life makes these isotopes interesting, it also makes them very challenging to measure. This presentation will detail the motivation behind measuring these isotopes as well as go over recent experimental efforts to measure these decays, including: the RadioActive isotope Measurement Program at SNOLAB (RAMPS), KDK+ and Lutetium sCintillation Experiment (LUCE).
| Keyword-1 | Highly-forbidden decays |
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| Keyword-2 | Nuclear Physics |
| Keyword-3 | Cryogenics |