Phys.Rev. C 112, 014325 (2025)

M.Pichotta, T.Doring, H.F.R.Hoffmann, K.Schmidt, R.Schwengner, S.Turkat, B.Zatschler, K.Zuber

Evidence for neutron-induced γ-ray emissions in the vicinity of the Q value of ⁷⁶Ge 0νββ decay

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ^{70,72,73,74,76}Ge(n, X), E=14.1 MeV; measured reaction products, Eγ, Iγ. ^71,73Zn, ^72,74,76Ga; deduced γ-ray energies, presence of γ rays with energies close to double-beta decay Q-value originating from the decays of ⁷⁴Ga and ⁷⁶Ga. The DT neutron generator of TU Dresden, located at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).

doi: 10.1103/bczs-6hvl