Measurements of neutrons produced by high-energy muons at the Boulby Underground Laboratory

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 471-481

  Araujo H M ^a,b   Blockley, J ^c   Bungau, C ^a,b   Carson, M J ^c   Chagani, H ^c   Daw, E ^c   Edwards, B ^a,b   Ghag, C ^d   Korolkova, E V ^c   Kudryavtsev, V A ^c   Lightfoot, P K ^c   Lindote, A ^e   Liubarsky, I ^a,b   Luscher R ^b   Majewski, P ^c   Mavrokoridis, K ^c   McMillan, J E ^c   Murphy, A St J ^d   Paling, S M ^c   Pinto da Cunha, J ^e   Preece, R M ^b   Robinson, M ^c   Smith, N J T ^b   Smith, P F ^b   Spooner, N J C ^c   Sumner, T J ^a   Walker, R J ^a   Wang, H ^f   White, J ^g   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray muons; Muon induced neutron background; Neutrons; Underground experiments

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; HYDROGEN; LEAD; MEASUREMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AND DETECTION; DARK MATTER SEARCHES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL SET UPS; GAMMA-RAYS; HIGH ENERGIES; HIGH-ENERGY MUONS; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); MUON TRIGGERS; NEUTRON PRODUCTION; NEUTRON YIELDS; RADIATIVE NEUTRON CAPTURE; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; TIME WINDOWS; UNDERGROUND LABORATORY;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 46749123409     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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