Monte Carlo simulation of the muon-induced background of an anti-Compton gamma-ray spectrometer placed in a surface and underground laboratory

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 529-537

  Vojtyla, Pavol ^a   Povinec, Pavel P ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Anti Compton spectrometer; Cosmic ray background; GEANT; HPGe detector; Monte Carlo simulation; Underground laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953120778     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08042-3     Document Type: Review

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