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Title: Low-energy enhancement in the γ -ray strength functions of Ge 73 , 74

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. Univ. of Oslo (Norway). Dept. of Physics
  2. Konan Univ., Kobe (Japan). Dept. of Physics
  3. Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden (Germany). Inst. of Radiation Physics
  4. Free Univ. of Brussels, Campus of the Plain, Brussels (Belgium). Inst. of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  5. Horia Hulubei National Inst. of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Magurele (Romania). Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics
  6. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  7. Horia Hulubei National Inst. of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Bucharest-Magurele (Romania)
  8. iThemba LABS, Somerset West (South Africa)
  9. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.
  10. iThemba LABS, Somerset West (South Africa); Mumbai Univ. Vidyanagari Campus (India). Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences
  11. Osaka Univ., Suita (Japan). Research Center for Nuclear Physics
  12. Univ. of Oslo (Norway). Dept. of Physics; MTA Atomki, Debrecen (Hungary)

Here, t≤he γ-ray strength functions and level densities of 73,74Ge have been extracted up to the neutron-separation energy Sn from particle-γ coincidence data using the Oslo method. Moreover, the γ-ray strength function of 74Ge above Sn has been determined from photoneutron measurements; hence these two experiments cover the range of Eγ ≈ 1–13 MeV for 74Ge. The obtained data show that both 73,74Ge display an increase in strength at low γ energies. The experimental γ-ray strength functions are compared with M1 strength functions deduced from average B(M1) values calculated within the shell model for a large number of transitions. The observed low-energy enhancements in 73,74Ge are adopted in the calculations of the 72,73Ge(n,γ) cross sections, where there are no direct experimental data. Calculated reaction rates for more neutron-rich germanium isotopes are shown to be strongly dependent on the presence of the low-energy enhancement.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Univ. of Oslo (Norway); Research Council of Norway; European Research Council (ERC); National Research Foundation (NRF) (South Africa); European Union (EU); Government of Romania; National Fund for Scientific Research (NFSR)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; 210007; 205528; 637686; 92789; 78766; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1429351
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1255347
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 93, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 32 works
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