Gamow-Teller strength inA=37 nuclei

A comparison is made of the recent ${\mathrm{\beta }}^{+}$-decay measurements of García et al. and the 1981 ${}_{}{}^{37}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Cl}$(p,n${)}^{37}$Ar measurements of Rapaport et al. in order to see whether the experiments are consistent. García et al. were not able to determine the amount of Gamow-Teller strength in the isobaric analog state (IAS) or the Coulomb mixing of Fermi strength to a state near the IAS, and were forced to determine the amount of Gamow-Teller strength in the daughter 1371 keV state by making the branching ratios sum to unity. This approach leaves a range of possible values open for these quantities which we investigate. We find that the experiments could be consistent within a theoretically unlikely part of this range. We also examine the effect of this range of allowed values on solar and supernova neutrino cross sections of ${}_{}{}^{37}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Cl}$ and find weak dependence on the uncertainties described here. We discuss how the consistency of the two experiments can be tested more conclusively.