%0 Journal Article %T Systematics of Gamow-Teller strengths in mid-fp-shell nuclei %A S. E. Koonin %A K. Langanke %J Physics %D 1994 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/0370-2693(94)91183-5 %X We show that the presently available data on the Gamow-Teller (GT) strength in mid-fp-shell nuclei are proportional to the product of the numbers of valence protons and neutron holes in the full fp-shell. This observation leads to important insights into the mechanism for GT quenching and to a simple parametrization of the Gamow-Teller strengths important for electron capture by fp-shell nuclei in the early stage of supernovae. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9402009v2