Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Aprile, E ^a   Agostini, F ^b,e   Alfonsi, M ^c   Arisaka, K ^d   Arneodo, F ^e,q   Auger, M ^f   Balan, C ^g   Barrow, P ^f   Baudis, L ^f   Bauermeister, B ^h   Behrens, A ^f   Beltrame, P ^i,r   Bokeloh, K ^j   Breskin, A ⁱ   Brown, A ^k   Brown, E ^j   Bruenner, S ^l   Bruno, G ^e   Budnik, R ⁱ   Cardoso, J M R ^g   Colijn, A P ^c   Contreras, H ^a   Cussonneau, J P ^m   Decowski, M P ^c   Duchovni, E ⁱ   Fattori, S ^h   Ferella, A D ^e   Fulgione, W ⁿ   Garbini, M ^b   Geis, C ^h   Goetzke, L W ^a   Grignon, C ^h   Gross, E ⁱ   Hampel, W ^l   Itay, R ⁱ   Kaether, F ^l   Kessler, G ^f   Kish, A ^f   Landsman, H ⁱ   Lang, R F ^k   Calloch, M Le ^m   Lellouch, D ⁱ   Levinson, L ⁱ   Levy, C ^j   Lindemann, S ^l   Lindner, M ^l   Lopes, J A M ^g,s   Lung, K ^d   Lyashenko, A ^d   Macmullin, S ^k   Undagoitia, T Marrodán ^l   Masbou, J ^m   Massoli, F V ^b   Paras, D Mayani ^f   Fernandez, A J Melgarejo ^a   Meng, Y ^d   Messina, M ^a   Miguez, B ⁿ   Molinario, A ^e,n   Morana, G ^b   Murra, M ^j   Naganoma, J ^o   Oberlack, U ^h   Orrigo, S E A ^g,t   Pantic, E ^d,u   Persiani, R ^b   Piastra, F ^f   Pienaar, J ^k   Plante, G ^a   Priel, N ⁱ   Reichard, S ^k   Reuter, C ^k   Rizzo, A ^a   Rosendahl, S ^j   Santos, J M F Dos ^g   Sartorelli, G ^b   Schindler, S ^h   Schreiner, J ^l   Schumann, M ^p   Lavina, L Scotto ^m   Selvi, M ^b   Shagin, P ^o   Simgen, H ^l   Teymourian, A ^d   Thers, D ^m   Tiseni, A ^c   Trinchero, G ⁿ   Vitells, O ⁱ   Wang, H ^d   Weber, M ^l   Weinheimer, C ^j   more..

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GRAN SASSO SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^h JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^k PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

ⁿ SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^o RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^q NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^r UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^s Quinta da Nora   (Portugal)

^t UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cherenkov and transition radiation; Cherenkov detectors; Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.); Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter; interaction of hadrons with matter, etc); interaction of photons with matter

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; GALAXIES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

CHERENKOV AND TRANSITION RADIATION; CHERENKOV DETECTORS; DARK MATTER DETECTORS; INTERACTION OF HADRONS WITH MATTER, ETC); INTERACTION OF PHOTONS WITH MATTER; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 84914678803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/11/P11006     Document Type: Article

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