Search for the in-situ production of ${}^{77}$Ge in the GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

M. Agostini, A. Alexander, G. Araujo +108

The beta decay of ${}^{77}$Ge and ${}^{77\mathrm{m}}$Ge, both produced by neutron capture on ${}^{76}$Ge, is a potential background for Germanium based neutrinoless double-beta decay sea…