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$β$-decay half-lives as an indicator of shape-phase transition in neutron-rich Zr isotopes with particle-vibration coupling effect

Kenichi Yoshida, Yifei Niu, Futoshi Minato

Published 2023-07-03Version 1

[Background] $\beta$-decay half-life is sensitive to the shell structure near the Fermi levels. Nuclear deformation thus impacts the $\beta$-decay properties. [Purpose] A first-order shape-phase transition in neutron-rich Zr isotopes is predicted by some models. We investigate the $\beta$-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei around $^{110}$Zr, where the shape-phase transition is predicted to occur, to see if the $\beta$-decay half-life can be an indicator of the shape changes. [Method] The proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (RPA) is adopted to calculate the Gamow-Teller transitions. In addition, we apply the quasiparticle phonon-vibrational coupling (PVC) to consider the phonon couplings. [Results] The spherical and oblate configurations give similar half-lives but shorter ones than the prolate configuration at the RPA level. The PVC effect further reduces the half-lives in general, but the effect is smaller for the deformed configuration than that for the spherical one. As a result, it makes the shape change from the oblate configuration to the spherical configuration visible. Therefore, a sudden shortening of $\beta$-decay half-lives is always found at the nuclear shape changes. [Conclusions] $\beta$-decay half-life is an indicator of the shape-phase transition. The shape mixing and the roles of the triaxial deformation are subject to study in the future.

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