Monte Carlo evaluation of the muon-induced background in the GERDA double beta decay experiment

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

Volumn 570, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-158

  Pandola, L ^a   Bauer, M ^b   Kroninger K ^c   Liu, X ^c   Tomei, C ^a   Belogurov, S ^d,e   Franco, D ^f   Klimenko, A ^d,g   Knapp, M ^b  

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^g JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray background; Neutrinoless double beta decay

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

COSMIC RAY BACKGROUND; DETECTOR MATERIALS; NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE BETA DECAY; RADIATION SHIELDS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES;

EID: 33845459212     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.103     Document Type: Article

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