Gamow-Teller Matrix Elements from 0°(<span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi> </mi><mi>n</mi></math></span>) Cross Sections

C. D. Goodman; C. A. Goulding; M. B. Greenfield; J. Rapaport; D. E. Bainum; C. C. Foster; W. G. Love; F. Petrovich

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.1755

Gamow-Teller Matrix Elements from 0°( $p, n$ ) Cross Sections

C. D. Goodman, C. A. Goulding, M. B. Greenfield, J. Rapaport, D. E. Bainum, C. C. Foster, W. G. Love, and F. Petrovich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 44, 1755 – Published 30 June 1980

Abstract

After simple corrections for distortion effects, 120-MeV, 0° ( $p, n$ ) cross sections are found to be proportional to the squares of the corresponding Fermi and Gamow-Teller matrix elements extracted from $β$ -decay measurements. It is suggested that this proportionality can be used to extract Gamow-Teller matrix elements for transitions inaccessible to $β$ decay.