Study of muon-induced neutron production using accelerator muon beam at CERN
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California (United States)
- 2. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
- 3. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California (United States)
Description
Cosmogenic muon-induced neutrons are one of the most problematic backgrounds for various underground experiments for rare event searches. In order to accurately understand such backgrounds, experimental data with high-statistics and well-controlled systematics is essential. We performed a test experiment to measure muon-induced neutron production yield and energy spectrum using a high-energy accelerator muon beam at CERN. We successfully observed neutrons from 160 GeV/c muon interaction on lead, and measured kinetic energy distributions for various production angles. Works towards evaluation of absolute neutron production yield is underway. This work also demonstrates that the setup is feasible for a future large-scale experiment for more comprehensive study of muon-induced neutron production
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.4928000;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 1672
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 090002-090002.6
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- 5. international workshop in low radioactivity techniques
- Acronym
- LRT 2015
- Dates
- 18-20 Mar 2015
- Place
- Seattle, WA (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 47058785
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CERN; ENERGY SPECTRA; EVALUATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MUON BEAMS; MUON REACTIONS; MUONS; NEUTRON SPECTRA; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; STATISTICS; UNDERGROUND
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; BEAMS; CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; LEPTON BEAMS; LEPTON REACTIONS; LEPTONS; LEVELS; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SPECTRA; YIELDS
Optional Information
- Notes
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