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Two-neutrino double-beta decay of76Ge in an anharmonic vibrator approach

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We have calculated the nuclear matrix element of two-neutrino double-beta (2???) decay of 76Ge by using the proton?neutron microscopic anharmonic vibrator approach (pnMAVA). In the pnMAVA the wavefunctions of the intermediate 1+ states in 76As have a one-phonon part containing the proton?neutron QRPA (pnQRPA) phonons and a two-phonon part built by coupling the pnQRPA and charge-conserving QRPA phonons. We compare the measured GT? and GT+ Gamow?Teller strength functions with the measured ones. The two-phonon components of the pnMAVA wavefunctions cause the pnQRPA strength to redistribute over a finite energy range. This has only a small effect on the value 2??? nuclear matrix element. This shows that at the spherical limit the pnQRPA is an appropriate tool to deal with the double-beta transitions in nuclear systems with only slight deviations from spherical symmetry.