Measurement of the neutron-capture cross section of 76Ge and 74Ge below 15 MeV and its relevance to 0 ν β β decay searches of 76Ge

Bhike, Megha; Fallin, B.; Krishichayan,; Tornow, W.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2014.12.004

Title: Measurement of the neutron-capture cross section of 76Ge and 74Ge below 15 MeV and its relevance to $0 ν β β$ decay searches of 76Ge

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physics Letters B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.12.004· OSTI ID:1197956

Bhike, Megha; Fallin, B.; Krishichayan,; Tornow, W.

The neutron radiative-capture cross section of ⁷⁶Ge was measured between 0.4 and 14.8 MeV using the activation technique. Germanium samples with the isotopic abundance of ~86% ⁷⁶Ge and ~14% ⁷⁴Ge used in the 0νββ searches by the GERDA and Majorana Collaborations were irradiated with monoenergetic neutrons produced at eleven energies via the ³H(p,n)³He, ²H(d,n)³He and ³H(d,n)⁴He reactions. Previously, data existed only at thermal energies and at 14 MeV. As a by-product, capture cross-section data were also obtained for ⁷⁴Ge at neutron energies below 8 MeV. Indium and gold foils were irradiated simultaneously for neutron fluence determination. High-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy was used to determine the γ-ray activity of the daughter nuclei of interest. For the ⁷⁶Ge total capture cross section the present data are in good agreement with the TENDL-2013 model calculations and the ENDF/B-VII.1 evaluations, while for the ⁷⁴Ge(n,γ)⁷⁵Ge reaction, the present data are about a factor of two larger than predicted. It was found that the ⁷⁴Ge(n,γ)⁷⁵Ge yield in the High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors used by the GERDA and Majorana Collaborations is only about a factor of two smaller than the ⁷⁶Ge(n,γ)⁷⁷Ge yield due to the larger cross section of the former reaction.

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Research Organization:: Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-97ER41033; NA0001839

OSTI ID:: 1197956

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1193638

Journal Information:: Physics Letters B, Journal Name: Physics Letters B Vol. 741 Journal Issue: C; ISSN 0370-2693

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Language:: English

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