Muon Induced Radioactivity in Underground Detectors
19883 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.D 38 (1988) 2277-2279
Citations per year
Abstract: (APS)
Induced radioactivities that generate background events in particle detectors used for low-energy (<5 MeV) neutrino detection are discussed. Production rates from cosmic-ray muons incident on detector materials at sea level and underground are estimated. The production of Be7 at sea level in detector materials is shown to be a serious problem.- NEUTRINO: COSMIC RADIATION
- RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND
- MUON: COSMIC RADIATION
- MUON NUCLEUS: INELASTIC SCATTERING
- INELASTIC SCATTERING: MUON NUCLEUS
- EXCITED NUCLEUS
- CROSS SECTION
- COUNTERS AND DETECTORS: DEEP UNDERGROUND
- NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS
References(4)
Figures(0)