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Electron capture decay of116Inand nuclear structure of doubleβdecays

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Quasiparticle-random-phase-approximation (QRPA) calculations of double $\ensuremath{\beta}$ decays have not been able to reproduce data in the $A=100$ system. We propose the $A=116$ system---because of its smaller deformation---as a simpler system to test QRPA calculations. We present results of two experiments we performed, which determine the electron-capture-decay branch of ${}^{116}\mathrm{In}$ to be $(2.27\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.63)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}2}%$, from which we deduce $\mathrm{log}{ft=4.39}_{\ensuremath{-}0.15}^{+0.10}$. We present QRPA calculations and compare their predictions to experimental data. Finally we use these calculations to predict the $2\ensuremath{\nu}$ double-$\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay rate of ${}^{116}\mathrm{Cd}$ to the ground and excited states of ${}^{116}\mathrm{Sn}$.