@misc{10481/68951, year = {2021}, month = {4}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/68951}, abstract = {The 72Ge(n, γ ) cross section was measured for neutron energies up to 300 keV at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF (CERN), Geneva, for the first time covering energies relevant to heavy-element synthesis in stars. The measurement was performed at the high-resolution beamline EAR-1, using an isotopically enriched 72GeO2 sample. The prompt capture γ rays were detected with four liquid scintillation detectors, optimized for low neutron sensitivity. We determined resonance capture kernels up to a neutron energy of 43 keV, and averaged cross sections from 43 to 300 keV. Maxwellian-averaged cross section values were calculated from kT = 5 to 100 keV, with uncertainties between 3.2% and 7.1%. The new results significantly reduce uncertainties of abundances produced in the slow neutron capture process in massive stars.}, organization = {Adolf Messer Foundation}, organization = {Austrian Science Fund (FWF) J 3503}, organization = {UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ST/M006085/1}, organization = {European Research Council (ERC)}, organization = {European Commission 677497}, organization = {Croatian Science Foundation 8570}, organization = {Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports - Czech Republic}, organization = {Charles University UNCE/SCI/013}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Measurement of the 72Ge(n, γ) cross section over a wide neutron energy range at the CERN n_TOF facility}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.103.045809}, author = {Dietz, M. and Porras Sánchez, José Ignacio and Praena Rodríguez, Antonio Javier and TOF Collaboration}, }