Early results on radioactive background characterization for Sanford Laboratory and DUSEL experiments

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Mei, D M ^a   Zhang, C ^a,b   Thomas, K ^a   Gray, F ^c  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

^b CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ray flux; Dark matter; Double beta decay; Monte Carlo simulation; NaI detectors; Neutron flux; Radioactive decays; Underground laboratory

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NAI DETECTOR; NAI DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; UNDERGROUND LABORATORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DETECTORS; EXPERIMENTS; GALAXIES; LABORATORIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON FLUX;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 77955171657     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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