The neutron background of the XENON100 dark matter search experiment

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Aprile, E ^a   Alfonsi, M ^b   Arisaka, K ^c   Arneodo, F ^d   Balan, C ^e   Baudis, L ^f   Bauermeister, B ^g   Behrens, A ^f   Beltrame, P ^c,h   Bokeloh, K ⁱ   Brown, A ^j   Brown, E ⁱ   Bruno, G ^d   Budnik, R ^a   Cardoso, J M R ^e   Chen, W T ^k   Choi, B ^a   Colijn, A P ^b   Contreras, H ^a   Cussonneau, J P ^k   Decowski, M P ^b   Duchovni, E ^h   Fattori, S ^g   Ferella, A D ^d,f   Fulgione, W ^l   Gao, F ^m   Garbini, M ⁿ   Ghag, C ^c   Giboni, K L ^a   Goetzke, L W ^a   Grignon, C ^g   Gross, E ^h   Hampel, W ^o   Kaether, F ^o   Kish, A ^f   Lamblin, J ^k   Landsman, H ^h   Lang, R F ^j   Le Calloch, M ^k   Levy, C ⁱ   Lim, K E ^a   Lin, Q ^m   Lindemann, S ^o   Lindner, M ^o   Lopes, J A M ^e   Lung, K ^c   Undagoitia, T Marrodán ^f,o   Massoli, F V ⁿ   Fernandez, A J Melgarejo ^a   Meng, Y ^c   Messina, M ^a   Molinario, A ^l   Ni, K ^m   Oberlack, U ^g   Orrigo, S E A ^e,r   Pantic, E ^c   Persiani, R ⁿ   Plante, G ^a   Priel, N ^h   Rizzo, A ^a   Rosendahl, S ⁱ   Santos, J M F Dos ^e   Sartorelli, G ⁿ   Schreiner, J ^o   Schumann, M ^f,p   Lavina, L Scotto ^k   Scovell, P R ^c   Selvi, M ⁿ   Shagin, P ^q   Simgen, H ^o   Teymourian, A ^c   Thers, D ^k   Tziaferi, E ^f   Vitells, O ^h   Wang, H ^c   Weber, M ^o   Weinheimer, C ⁱ   more..

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^j PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^l SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^m SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^o MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^q RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84887092877     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/40/11/115201     Document Type: Article

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