Muon-induced background study for underground laboratories

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Mei, D M ^a   Hime, A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33644749138     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.053004     Document Type: Article

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