Veto performance for large-scale xenon dark matter detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 548, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 418-426

  Carson, M J ^a   Araujo H M ^b   Davies, J C ^a   Kudryavtsev, V A ^b   Robinson, M ^b   Spooner, N J C ^b   Sumner, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma background; Monte Carlo simulations; Neutron background; Radioactivity; Veto

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHONOGRAPH RECORDS; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION;

DARK MATTER DETECTORS; GAMMA BACKGROUND; NEUTRON BACKGROUND; VETO;

XENON;

EID: 23344437691     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.04.067     Document Type: Article

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