https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01336-0
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
Cross sections and gamma cascades in 
Ge needed for background reduction in 
experiments on 
Ge
Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
Received:
29
November
2023
Accepted:
11
May
2024
Published online:
24
May
2024
The compound nucleus model is employed to calculate neutron capture on Ge and the consecutive 
decay. Total, inelastic and capture cross sections are compared to experiments in order to restrict model parameters. The respective cascades are analyzed for possible background suppression schemes in future decay searches with germanium detectors. Neutron energies in the range from 0.2 keV to 5 MeV are investigated. The spin dependence of the cascades is proposed to be employed for determining the spin of thermal resonances.
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