Deformed shell model study of event rates for WIMP- $^{73}$Ge scattering

Understand

The event detection rates for the WIMP (a dark matter candidate) are calculated with $^{73}$Ge as the detector.

• The calculations are performed within the deformed shell model (DSM) based on Hartree-Fock states.
• First the energy levels and magnetic moment for the ground state and two low lying positive parity states for this nucleus are calculated and compared with experiment.
• The agreement is quite satisfactory.