Investigation of pair-correlated 0+ states in Ba 134 via the Ba 136 (p,t) reaction
Abstract
We performed a high resolution study of
0
+
states in
134
Ba
using the
136
Ba
(
p
,
t
)
two-neutron transfer reaction. Our experiment shows a significant portion of the
L
=
0
pair-transfer strength concentrated at excited
0
+
levels in
134
Ba
. Potential implications in the context of
136
Xe
→
136
Ba
neutrinoless double beta decay matrix element calculations are briefly discussed.