Population of low-spin levels in $^{75,77}$Ge in neutron-capture reactions

ORAL

Abstract

The structure of nuclei near $^{76}$Ge has been of interest owing to the possibility of neutrinoless double beta decay. To further characterize the low-energy, low-spin structure for $^{75}$Ge and $^{77}$Ge, we have studied the gamma rays following neutron capture on highly enriched $^{74}$Ge and $^{76}$Ge, respectively, in experiments performed at the cold-neutron beam line at the NIST Center for Neutron Research. The new spectra will be shown and insight into the level structures presented.

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Authors

  • N.E. Sharp

    University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

  • B.J. Cummings

    Unites States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21412

  • C.J. Chiara

    University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

  • Bill Walters

    University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, University of Maryland

  • R.T. Bindel

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

  • R.L. Paul

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899