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Abstract
Background: An ultralow $Q$-value $\ensuremath{\beta}$ decay can occur from a parent nuclide to an excited nuclear state in the daughter such that ${Q}_{\text{UL}}\ensuremath{\lesssim}$ 1 keV. These decay processes are of interest for nuclear $\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay theory and as potential candidates in neutrino mass determination experiments. To date, only one ultralow $Q$-value $\ensuremath{\beta}$ decay has been observed---that of $^{115}\mathrm{In}$ with ${Q}_{\ensuremath{\beta}}=147(10)$ eV. A number of other potential candidates exist, but improved mass measurements are necessary to determine if these decay channels are energetically allowed and, in fact, ultralow.Purpose: To perform precise $\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay $Q$-value measurements of $^{112,113}\mathrm{Ag}$ and $^{115}\mathrm{Cd}$ and to use them in combination with nuclear energy level data for the daughter isotopes $^{112,113}\mathrm{Cd}$ and $^{115}\mathrm{In}$ to determine if the potential ultralow $Q$-value $\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay branches of $^{112,113}\mathrm{Ag}$ and $^{115}\mathrm{Cd}$ are energetically allowed and $\ensuremath{\lesssim}1$ keV.Method: The Canadian Penning Trap at Argonne National Laboratory was used to measure the cyclotron frequency ratios of singly charged $^{112,113}\mathrm{Ag}$ and $^{115}\mathrm{Cd}$ ions with respect to their daughters $^{112,113}\mathrm{Cd}$ and $^{115}\mathrm{In}$. From these measurements, the ground-state to ground-state $\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay $Q$ values were obtained.Results: The $^{112}\mathrm{Ag}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}^{112}\mathrm{Cd}$, $^{113}\mathrm{Ag}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}^{113}\mathrm{Cd}$, and $^{115}\mathrm{Cd}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}^{115}\mathrm{In}\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay $Q$ values were measured to be ${Q}_{\ensuremath{\beta}}(^{112}\mathrm{Ag})=3990.16(22)$ keV, ${Q}_{\ensuremath{\beta}}(^{113}\mathrm{Ag})=2085.7(4.6)$ keV, and ${Q}_{\ensuremath{\beta}}(^{115}\mathrm{Cd})=1451.36(34)$ keV. These results were compared to energies of excited states in $^{112}\mathrm{Cd}$ at 3997.75(14) keV, $^{113}\mathrm{Cd}$ at 2015.6(2.5) and 2080(10) keV, and $^{115}\mathrm{In}$ at 1448.787(9) keV, resulting in precise ${Q}_{\text{UL}}$ values for the potential decay channels of $\ensuremath{-}7.59(26)$ keV, 6(11) keV, and 2.57(34) keV, respectively.Conclusion: The potential ultralow $Q$-value decays of $^{112}\mathrm{Ag}$ and $^{115}\mathrm{Cd}$ have been ruled out. $^{113}\mathrm{Ag}$ is still a possible candidate until a more precise measurement of the 2080(10) keV, $1/{2}^{+}$ state of $^{113}\mathrm{Cd}$ is available. In the course of this work we have found the ground state mass of $^{113}\mathrm{Ag}$ reported in the 2020 Atomic Mass Evaluation [Wang et al., Chin. Phys. C 45, 030003 (2021)] to be lower than our measurement by 69(17) keV (a $4\ensuremath{\sigma}$ discrepancy).
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.007 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.005 | 0.005 |
| Open science | 0.004 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.003 | 0.004 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.344 | 0.295 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".