Generator-coordinate reference states for spectra and $0\nu \beta \beta$ decay in the in-medium similarity renormalization group

Abstract

We use a reference state based on symmetry-restored states from deformed mean-field or generator-coordinate-method (GCM) calculations in conjunction with the in-medium similarity-renormalization group (IMSRG) to compute spectra and matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu \beta \beta$) decay. Because the decay involves ground states from two nuclei, we use evolved operators from the IMSRG in one nucleus in a subsequent GCM calculation in the other. We benchmark the resulting IMSRG+GCM method against complete shell-model diagonalization for both the energies of low-lying states in ${}^{48}$Ca and ${}^{48}$Ti and the $0\nu \beta \beta$ matrix element for the decay of ${}^{48}$Ca, all in a single valence shell. Our approach produces better spectra than either the IMSRG with a spherical-mean-field reference or GCM calculations with unevolved operators. For the $0\nu \beta \beta$ matrix element the improvement is slight, but we expect more significant effects in full ab-initio calculations.

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