Assessment of the beta-delayed proton decay rate of $^{11}$Be

The 11Be neutron halo nucleus appears to decay into 10Be with a rate that exceeds expectations. Neutron disappearance into dark matter, beta decay of a halo neutron, or beta-delayed proton decay have been offered as explanations. In this work we study the latter option; we carry out shell model calculations and sequential decay analysis examining the beta-delayed proton decay going through a resonance in 11B. The narrow energy window, lack of states with sufficient spectroscopic strength, overwhelming alpha decay branch, all make reconciling the observed rate with beta-delayed proton decay difficult.

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Assessment of the beta-delayed proton decay rate of 11^{11}11Be

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