Studies on the efficiency of the neutron shielding for the SIMPLE dark matter search

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 623, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 960-967

  Fernandes, A C ^a,b   Felizardo, M ^a,c   Kling, A ^a,b   Marques, J G ^a,b   Morlat, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dark matter; MCNP simulation; Neutron background; Underground laboratory

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; DARK MATTER; DARK MATTER SEARCHES; MCNP CODE; MCNP SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO MODEL; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEUTRON BACKGROUND; NEUTRON COMPONENTS; NEUTRON SHIELDING; SPONTANEOUS FISSION; UNDERGROUND LABORATORY;

GALAXIES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION SHIELDING;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 77958465054     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.044     Document Type: Article

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