Neutron background at the Canfranc underground laboratory and its contribution to the IGEX-DM dark matter experiment

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 523-533

  Carmona, J M ^a   Cebrian S ^a   Garcia E ^a   Irastorza, I G ^a   Luzon G ^a   Morales, A ^a   Morales, J ^a   Ortiz de Solorzano A ^a   Puimedon J ^a   Sarsa, M L ^a   Villar, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Muon flux; Neutron background; Underground muons

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342900995     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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