Towards high-precision mass measurements on 74Rb for a test of the CVC hypothesis and the unitarity of the CKM matrix

Autor: V. Kolhinen, Alban Kellerbauer, Klaus Blaum, P. Delahaye, Dietrich Beck, Frank Herfurth, Manas Mukherjee, Georg Bollen, H.-J. Kluge, Georges Audi, Daniel Rodriguez Rodriguez, Stefan Schwarz
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Nuclear Physics A. 746:635-638
ISSN: 0375-9474
Popis: At the highest possible precisions, atomic-mass measurements can be used to perform fundamental studies. Examples for such studies are a check of the conserved-vector-current (CVC) hypothesis and the unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix, both postulates of the Standard Model. The comparative half-lives Ft of superallowed β decays constitute the nuclear-physics access to these tests. The Q value of the β decay of 74 Rb, one of the three experimentally accessible parameters that enter into the Ft values, has been measured with the ISOLTRAP experiment at ISOLDE/CERN. The ultimate mass precision requirement and the way to achieve it are outlined.
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