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Measurement and simulation of the muon-induced neutron yield in lead
| العنوان: | Measurement and simulation of the muon-induced neutron yield in lead |
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| المؤلفون: | Reichhart, L, Lindote, A, Akimov, DY, Araujo, HM, Barnes, EJ, Belov, VA, Bewick, A, Burenkov, AA, Chepel, V, Currie, A, DeViveiros, L, Edwards, B, Francis, V, Ghag, C, Hollingsworth, A, Horn, M, Kalmus, GE, Kobyakin, AS, Kovalenko, AG, Kudryavtsev, VA, Lebedenko, VN, Lopes, MI, Luescher, R, Majewski, P, Murphy, ASJ, Neves, F, Paling, SM, Pinto da Cunha, J, Preece, R, Quenby, JJ, Scovell, PR, Silva, C, Solovov, VN, Smith, NJT, Smith, PF, Stekhanov, VN, Sumner, TJ, Thorne, C, Walker, RJ |
| المصدر: | Astroparticle Physics , 47 pp. 67-76. (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | University College London: UCL Discovery |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Particles & Fields, Cosmic-Ray Muon-Induced Neutrons, Underground Experiments, Zeplin-Iii, Dark Matter, Geant4, Monte Carlo Simulations, Dark-Matter Searches, High-Energy Muons, Underground Physics, Veto Detector, Propagation, Performance, Science, Music |
| الوصف: | A measurement is presented of the neutron production rate in lead by high energy cosmic-ray muons at a depth of 2850 m water equivalent (w.e.) and a mean muon energy of 260 GeV. The measurement exploits the delayed coincidences between muons and the radiative capture of induced neutrons in a highly segmented tonne scale plastic scintillator detector. Detailed Monte Carlo simulations reproduce well the measured capture times and multiplicities and, within the dynamic range of the instrumentation, the spectrum of energy deposits. By comparing measurements with simulations of neutron capture rates a neutron yield in lead of (View the MathML source) ×10-3 neutrons/muon/(g/cm2) has been obtained. Absolute agreement between simulation and data is of order 25%. Consequences for deep underground rare event searches are discussed. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1386488/1/Reichhart_measurement_and_simulation_of_the_muon_induced.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1386488/ |
| الاتاحة: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1386488/1/Reichhart_measurement_and_simulation_of_the_muon_induced.pdf https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1386488/ |
| Rights: | open |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.5EA0193B |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |