Radiogenic and muon-induced backgrounds in the LUX dark matter detector

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 62, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-46

  Akerib, D S ^b   Araujo H M ^c   Bai, X ^g   Bailey, A J ^c   Balajthy, J ^o   Bernard, E ^r   Bernstein, A ^e   Bradley, A ^b   Byram, D ^q   Cahn, S B ^r   Carmona Benitez, M C ^b,m   Chan, C ^a   Chapman, J J ^a   Chiller, A A ^q   Chiller, C ^q   Coffey, T ^b   Currie, A ^c   De Viveiros, L ^f   Dobi, A ^o   Dobson, J ⁿ   Druszkiewicz, E ^p   Edwards, B ^r   Faham, C H ^a,d   Fiorucci, S ^a   Flores, C ^l   Gaitskell, R J ^a   Gehman, V M ^d   Ghag, C ^j   Gibson, K R ^b   Gilchriese, M G D ^d   Hall, C ^o   Hertel, S A ^r   Horn, M ^r   Huang, D Q ^a   Ihm, M ^k   Jacobsen, R G ^k   Kazkaz, K ^e   Knoche, R ^o   Larsen, N A ^r   Lee, C ^b   Lindote, A ^f   Lopes, M I ^f   Malling, D C ^a   Mannino, R ⁱ   McKinsey, D N ^r   Mei, D M ^q   Mock, J ^l   Moongweluwan, M ^p   Morad, J ^l   Murphy, A St J ⁿ   Nehrkorn, C ^m   Nelson, H ^m   Neves, F ^f   Ott, R A ^l   Pangilinan, M ^a   Parker, P D ^r   Pease, E K ^r   Pech, K ^b   Phelps, P ^b   Reichhart, L ^j   Shutt, T ^b   Silva, C ^f   Solovov, V N ^f   Sorensen, P ^e   O'Sullivan, K ^r   Sumner, T J ^c   Szydagis, M ^l   Taylor, D ^h   Tennyson, B ^r   Tiedt, D R ^g   Tripathi, M ^l   Uvarov, S ^l   Verbus, J R ^a   Walsh, N ^l   Webb, R ⁱ   White, J T ⁱ   Witherell, M S ^m   Wolfs, F L H ^p   Woods, M ^l   Zhang, C ^q   more..

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^g SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h South Dakota Science and Technology Authority   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^o University of Maryland   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^r Yale University   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Dark matter; LUX; Material screening; Radioactive background; Simulation

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DARK MATTER; LUX; MATERIAL SCREENING; RADIOACTIVE BACKGROUND; SIMULATION;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84906087192     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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