Design of a mobile neutron spectrometer for the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS)
M. Solmaz,
M. Balzer,
K. Eitel
et al.
Abstract:Environmental neutrons are a source of background for rare event searches (e.g., dark
matter direct detection and neutrinoless double beta decay experiments) taking place in deep
underground laboratories. The overwhelming majority of these neutrons are produced in the cavern
walls by means of intrinsic radioactivity of the rock and concrete. Their flux and spectrum
depend on time and location. Precise knowledge of this background is necessary to devise
sufficient shielding and veto mechanisms, imp… Show more
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