Improved molecular final-state distribution of HeT+ for the beta-decay process of T2

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Jan 10;84(2):242-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.242.

Abstract

An improved theoretical final-state distribution of HeT+ (and HeH+) resulting from the beta decay of molecular tritium T2 (HT) is presented to accommodate the needs of increased accuracy in the analysis of ongoing and future tritium neutrino-mass experiments. The previously available theoretical spectrum has been improved in many respects, and adopted approximations have been validated.