Neutron background in large-scale xenon detectors for dark matter searches

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 667-687

  Carson, M J ^a   Davies, J C ^a   Daw, E ^a   Hollingworth, R J ^a   Kudryavtsev, V A ^a   Lawson, T B ^a   Lightfoot, P K ^a   McMillan, J E ^a   Morgan, B ^a   Paling, S M ^a   Robinson, M ^a   Spooner, N J C ^a   Tovey, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

( ,n) reactions; Cosmic ray muons underground; Dark matter; Neutron background; Neutron flux; Photomultipliers; Radioactivity; Spontaneous fission; WIMPs

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544242245     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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