Cosmogenic neutron production at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Neutrons produced in nuclear interactions initiated by cosmic-ray muons present an irreducible background to many rare-event searches, even in detectors located deep underground. Models for the production of these neutrons have been tested against previous experimental data, but the extrapolation to...

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Hauptverfasser: Aharmim, Bassam (VerfasserIn) , Ahmed, S. N. (VerfasserIn) , Anthony, A. E. (VerfasserIn) , Barros, N. (VerfasserIn) , Beier, E.  W. (VerfasserIn) , Bellerive, A. (VerfasserIn) , Beltran, B. (VerfasserIn) , Bergevin, M. (VerfasserIn) , Biller, S. D. (VerfasserIn) , Bonventre, R. (VerfasserIn) , Boudjemline, K. (VerfasserIn) , Boulay, M. G. (VerfasserIn) , Cai, B. (VerfasserIn) , Callaghan, E. J. (VerfasserIn) , Caravaca, J. (VerfasserIn) , Chan, Y. D. (VerfasserIn) , Chauhan, D. (VerfasserIn) , Chen, M. (VerfasserIn) , Cleveland, B. T. (VerfasserIn) , Cox, G. A. (VerfasserIn) , Curley, R. (VerfasserIn) , Dai, X. (VerfasserIn) , Deng, H. (VerfasserIn) , Descamps, F. B. (VerfasserIn) , Detwiler, J. A. (VerfasserIn) , Doe, P. J. (VerfasserIn) , Doucas, G. (VerfasserIn) , Drouin, P.-L. (VerfasserIn) , Dunford, Monica (VerfasserIn) , Zuber, Kai (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: SNO Collaboration (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 12 December 2019
In: Physical review
Year: 2019, Jahrgang: 100, Heft: 11
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.112005
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.112005
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Verfasserangaben:B. Aharmim, S.N. Ahmed, A.E. Anthony, N. Barros, E.W. Beier, A. Bellerive, B. Beltran, M. Bergevin, S.D. Biller, R. Bonventre, K. Boudjemline, M.G. Boulay, B.Cai, E. J. Callaghan, J. Caravaca, Y.D. Chan, D. Chauhan, M. Chen, B.T. Cleveland, G. A. Cox, R. Curley, X. Dai, H. Deng, F.B. Descamps, J.A. Detwiler, P.J. Doe, G. Doucas, P.-L. Drouin, M. Dunford, S.R. Elliott, H.C. Evans, G.T. Ewan, J. Farine, H. Fergani, F. Fleurot, R.J. Ford, J.A. Formaggio, N. Gagnon, K. Gilje, J. TM. Goon, K. Graham, E. Guillian, S. Habib, R.L. Hahn, A.L. Hallin, E.D. Hallman, P.J. Harvey, R. Hazama, W.J. Heintzelman, J. Heise, R.L. Helmer, A.Hime, C. Howard, M. Huang, P. Jagam, B. Jamieson, N.A. Jelley, M. Jerkins, C. Kéfélian, K.J. Keeter, J.R. Klein, L.L. Kormos, M. Kos, A. Krüger, C. Kraus, C.B. Krauss, T. Kutter, C.C.M. Kyba, B.J. Land, R. Lange, J. Law, I.T. Lawson, K.T. Lesko, J.R. Leslie, I. Levine, J.C. Loach, R. MacLellan, S. Majerus, H.B. Mak, J. Maneira, R.D. Martin, A. Mastbaum, N. McCauley, A.B. McDonald, S.R. McGee, M.L. Miller, B. Monreal, J. Monroe, B.G. Nickel, A.J. Noble, H.M. O’Keeffe, N.S. Oblath, C.E. Okada, R.W. Ollerhead, G.D. Orebi Gann, S.M. Oser, R.A. Ott, S.J.M. Peeters, A.W.P. Poon, G. Prior, S.D. Reitzner, K. Rielage, B.C. Robertson, R.G.H. Robertson, M.H. Schwendener, J.A. Secrest, S.R. Seibert, O. Simard, D. Sinclair, P. Skensved, T.J. Sonley, L.C. Stonehill, G. Tešić, N. Tolich, T. Tsui, R. Van Berg, B.A. VanDevender, C.J. Virtue, B.L. Wall, D. Waller, H. Wan Chan Tseung, D.L. Wark, J. Wendland, N. West, J.F. Wilkerson, J.R. Wilson, T. Winchester, A. Wright, M. Yeh, F. Zhang, K. Zuber (SNO Collaboration)

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