Super-Lindhard Ionization from 254 eVnr Nuclear Recoils in Germanium

Abstract

We report ionization produced by the stopping of monoenergetic 254 eVnr 73Ge ions within a germanium lattice which exceeds the Lindhard prediction. The observed deviation is based upon prior measurements of the ionization produced by monoenergetic 254 eVnr Ge nuclear recoils and newly performed systematic studies of relevant nuclear physics processes. Combined with our prior work, the incompatibility with the Lindhard prediction increases to the 4.5 sigma level. We employ an empirical excess ionization model that exhibits super-Lindhard ionization from sub-keV nuclear recoils and converges back to the Lindhard model for higher energy recoils, above 1 keVnr. The excess ionization model is preferred over a pure Lindhard model when fit to the literature of germanium quenching factor data.

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@misc{kavner2026superlindhard,
  title = {{Super-Lindhard Ionization from 254 eVnr Nuclear Recoils in Germanium}},
  author = {A. R. L. Kavner and E. Todd and M. Babicz and H. Birch and K. Dwinger and A. Fazan and V. Fondement and M. Janoschek and I. Jovanovic and L. Juigne and K. Moraa and B. Penning and F. Piastra and F. Uwe},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.20848},
  eprint = {2609.20848},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20848},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Super-Lindhard Ionization from 254 eVnr Nuclear Recoils in Germanium
AU  - A. R. L. Kavner
AU  - E. Todd
AU  - M. Babicz
AU  - H. Birch
AU  - K. Dwinger
AU  - A. Fazan
AU  - V. Fondement
AU  - M. Janoschek
AU  - I. Jovanovic
AU  - L. Juigne
AU  - K. Moraa
AU  - B. Penning
AU  - F. Piastra
AU  - F. Uwe
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/01
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.20848
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20848
AB  - We report ionization produced by the stopping of monoenergetic 254 eVnr 73Ge ions within a germanium lattice which exceeds the Lindhard prediction. The observed deviation is based upon prior measurements of the ionization produced by monoenergetic 254 eVnr Ge nuclear recoils and newly performed systematic studies of relevant nuclear physics processes. Combined with our prior work, the incompatibility with the Lindhard prediction increases to the 4.5 sigma level. We employ an empirical excess ionization model that exhibits super-Lindhard ionization from sub-keV nuclear recoils and converges back to the Lindhard model for higher energy recoils, above 1 keVnr. The excess ionization model is preferred over a pure Lindhard model when fit to the literature of germanium quenching factor data.
ER  -

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