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Conference Paper: Measurement of cosmic-ray muon-induced spallation neutrons in the Aberdeen Tunnel Underground Laboratory

TitleMeasurement of cosmic-ray muon-induced spallation neutrons in the Aberdeen Tunnel Underground Laboratory
Authors
KeywordsCosmic-ray muon
Spallation neutron
Aberdeen Tunnel
Underground laboratory
Issue Date2016
PublisherElsevier B.V..
Citation
The 37th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2014), Valencia, Spain, 2-9 July 2014. In Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, 2016, v. 273-275, p. 2675-2677 How to Cite?
AbstractMuon-induced neutrons are one of the major backgrounds to various underground experiments, such as dark matter searches, low-energy neutrino oscillation experiments and neutrino-less double beta-decay experiments. Previous experiments on the underground production rate of muon-induced neutrons were mostly carried out either at shallow sites or at very deep sites. The Aberdeen Tunnel experiment aims to measure the neutron production rate at a moderate depth of 611 meters water equivalent. Our apparatus comprises of six layers of plastic-scintillator hodoscopes for tracking the incident cosmic-ray muons, and 760 L of gadolinium-doped liquid-scintillator for both neutron production and detection targets. In this paper, we describe the design and the performance of the apparatus. The preliminary result on the measurement of neutron production rate is also presented.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/232756
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dc.contributor.authorBlyth, SC-
dc.contributor.authorChan, YL-
dc.contributor.authorChen, XC-
dc.contributor.authorChu, MC-
dc.contributor.authorCui, K-
dc.contributor.authorHahn, RL-
dc.contributor.authorHo, TH-
dc.contributor.authorHsiung, YB-
dc.contributor.authorHu, BZ-
dc.contributor.authorKwan, KK-
dc.contributor.authorKwok, MW-
dc.contributor.authorKwok, T-
dc.contributor.authorLau, YP-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, JKC-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, KY-
dc.contributor.authorLin, GL-
dc.contributor.authorLin, YC-
dc.contributor.authorLuk, KB-
dc.contributor.authorLuk, WH-
dc.contributor.authorNgai, HY-
dc.contributor.authorNgan, SY-
dc.contributor.authorPun, JCS-
dc.contributor.authorShih, K-
dc.contributor.authorTam, YH-
dc.contributor.authorTsang, RHM-
dc.contributor.authorWang, CH-
dc.contributor.authorWong, CM-
dc.contributor.authorWong, HL-
dc.contributor.authorWong, KK-
dc.contributor.authorYeh, M-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, BJ-
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T05:32:05Z-
dc.date.available2016-09-20T05:32:05Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationThe 37th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2014), Valencia, Spain, 2-9 July 2014. In Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, 2016, v. 273-275, p. 2675-2677-
dc.identifier.issn2405-6014-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/232756-
dc.description.abstractMuon-induced neutrons are one of the major backgrounds to various underground experiments, such as dark matter searches, low-energy neutrino oscillation experiments and neutrino-less double beta-decay experiments. Previous experiments on the underground production rate of muon-induced neutrons were mostly carried out either at shallow sites or at very deep sites. The Aberdeen Tunnel experiment aims to measure the neutron production rate at a moderate depth of 611 meters water equivalent. Our apparatus comprises of six layers of plastic-scintillator hodoscopes for tracking the incident cosmic-ray muons, and 760 L of gadolinium-doped liquid-scintillator for both neutron production and detection targets. In this paper, we describe the design and the performance of the apparatus. The preliminary result on the measurement of neutron production rate is also presented.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier B.V..-
dc.relation.ispartofNuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings-
dc.subjectCosmic-ray muon-
dc.subjectSpallation neutron-
dc.subjectAberdeen Tunnel-
dc.subjectUnderground laboratory-
dc.titleMeasurement of cosmic-ray muon-induced spallation neutrons in the Aberdeen Tunnel Underground Laboratory-
dc.typeConference_Paper-
dc.identifier.emailLeung, JKC: jkcleung@hkucc.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailLeung, KY: amylg9@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailPun, JCS: jcspun@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.authorityPun, JCS=rp00772-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.10.027-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84973124333-
dc.identifier.hkuros264284-
dc.identifier.volume273-275-
dc.identifier.spage2675-
dc.identifier.epage2677-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000390295200492-
dc.publisher.placeThe Netherlands-
dc.identifier.issnl2405-6014-

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