Examinations of the consistency of the quasiparticle random-phase approximation approach to double-$\beta$ decay of ${}^{48}$Ca

Abstract

The nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) of the neutrinoless and two-neutrino double-$\beta$ decays of ${}^{48}$Ca are calculated by the quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) with emphasis on the consistency examinations of this calculation method. The main new examination points are the consistency of two ways to treat the intermediate-state energies in the two-neutrino double-$\beta$ NME and comparison with the experimental charge-exchange strength functions obtained from ${}^{48}$Ca$(p,n)$ and ${}^{48}$Ti$(n,p)$ reactions. No decisive problem preventing the QRPA approach is found. The obtained neutrinoless double-$\beta$ NME adjusted by the ratio of the effective and bare axial-vector current couplings is lowest in those calculated by several groups and close to one of the QRPA values obtained by another group.

Comments: 13 pages, 13 figures. Discussions added to the previous version. Addition and removal of figures and tables