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dc.contributor.advisorLeach, Kyle
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Matthew S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-08T21:07:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T13:15:57Z
dc.date.available2019-07-08T21:07:37Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T13:15:57Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifierMartin_mines_0052N_11755.pdf
dc.identifierT 8745
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11124/173090
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description2019 Summer.
dc.description.abstractSearching for physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) has become a central focus in physics research over the past few decades. One way to do this is through precision measurements of superallowed 0+ → 0+ Fermi β decay. These decays give the most precise measurements of the vector coupling constant of the weak interaction, an important step in calculating the up-down element of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix. CKM unitarity, if broken, would imply significant physics BSM. However, the extraction of the vector coupling constant assumes perfect isospin symmetry in nuclei, requiring theoretical isospin symmetry breaking (ISB) corrections to be applied. The ISB corrections can be calculated using ab initio nuclear many body methods using interactions from chiral effective field theory. However, before these corrections can be used reliably for BSM physics searches, they must be benchmarked against known results. In this Thesis, ab initio methods are used to calculate the coefficients of the isobaric multiplet mass equation (IMME) for T = 1 superallowed 0+ → 0+ Fermi β decay systems. The implications of the IMME coefficients to ISB corrections are also discussed.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library
dc.rightsCopyright of the original work is retained by the author.
dc.subjectcorrected beta decay ft values
dc.subjectisospin symmetry breaking correction
dc.subjectisobaric multiplet mass equation
dc.subjectab initio nuclear theory
dc.titleBenchmarking isosopin symmetry breaking in ab initio nuclear theory via the isobaric multiplet mass equation in T = 1 superallowed β decay systems
dc.typeText
dc.contributor.committeememberSarazin, Frederic
dc.contributor.committeememberHolt, Jason D.
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics
thesis.degree.grantorColorado School of Mines


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