Simulation of neutrons produced by high-energy muons underground

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 366-375

  Lindote, A ^a   Araujo H M ^b,c   Kudryavtsev, V A ^d   Robinson, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray muons; GEANT4; Monte Carlo simulation; Muon induced neutron background; Neutrons; Underground experiments; WIMPs; ZEPLIN II

Indexed keywords

COSMIC-RAY MUONS; GEANT4; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MUON-INDUCED NEUTRON BACKGROUND; UNDERGROUND EXPERIMENTS; WIMPS; ZEPLIN-II;

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 65749103382     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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