Enhancing Sensitivity in Ge-Based Rare-Event Physics Experiments through Underground Crystal Growth and Detector Fabrication

Dongming Mei

The cosmogenic production of long-lived isotopes such as ${}^3$H,${}^{55}$Fe, ${}^{60}$Co, ${}^{65}$Zn, and ${}^{68}$Ge poses a significant challenge as a source of background events in Ge…