Neutron Background Measurements for Underground Physics Experiments


Dark Matter, Neutrino Oscillatoins, Proton Decay,...
(Updated on June 6, 2003)

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The Actual Measurements in alphabetical order Note
A Baksan Neutrino Observatory for SAGE Neutrino Oscillation Physics
Measurement of Fast Neutron Background in SAGE Presented by A. A. Shikhin at TAUP2001
B Boulby Mine Dark Matter Search
Neutron Background at Boulby Mine V. A. Kudryavtsev et al., hep-ex/0301038
Neutron Background at Boulby Mine Presented by V. Kudryavtsev at IDM2002
C Gran Sasso (LNGS) Solar Neutrino and Neutrino Oscilllation Physics
Seasonal Fluctuation in Neutron Yield Underground Measurements ICARUS TM/03-01
The Neutron Induced Background in GALLEX DAPNIA/SPP 95-04
Neutron Background Measurements in the ICARUS area at the underground Gran Sasso laboratory ICARUS TM/99-02
D Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (L.S.M.) or Frejus Dark Matter, Double-beta Decay
Neutron Background Measurements in the Underground Laboratory of Modane V. Chazal et al., Astroparticle Physics 9 (1998) 163-172
Neutron Background Studies for the EDELWEISS WIMP Search (L.S.M. results revised in 2001) Presented by G. Chardin at IDM2002
E Shallow Sites (KARMEN at ISIS at RAL and Palo Verde) Neutrino Oscillation Physics
Measurement of Muon Induced Neutron Background at Shallow Sites J. Wolf, hep-ex/0211032

Neutron Background Estimates, Studies, and other references Note
A.1 Results from SAGE Presented by V. Vermul at TAUP2001
C.1 Calibration of BC501A Liquid Scintillator Cells with Monochromatic Neutron Beams ICARUS Collaboration, NIM A418 (1998) 285-299
C.2 Solar Neutrino Detection with the Icarus Experiment and the Neutron Background Measurement F. Arneodo et al., Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 70 (1999) 458-460
D.1 Status Report on the Double-beta Decay Experiment NEMO-3 NEMO Collaboration, hep-ex/0006031
D.2 Neutron Background Studies for the EDELWEISS WIMP Search G. Chardin et al.
E.1 Measurement of Muon Induced Neutron Background at Shallow Sites Presented by J. Wolf at IDM2002
Soudan.1 Estimating the Neutron Background from Natural Radioactivity in the Soudan Mine S. Eichblatt, CDMS 97-01-25
Soudan.2 Low Background Studies at the Soudan Underground Laboratory Presented by M. Marshak at NeSS 2002
Sudbury.1 Background Studies for the Neutral Current Detector Array in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory K. Heeger et al., nucl-ex/0002014
Kamioka.1 Study of Neutron Background in the Atmospheric Neutrino Sample in Kamiokande Y. Fukuda et al., Physics Letters B 388 (1996) 397-401
WIPP.1 Background Underground at WIPP (Abstract Only) Presented by A. Hime at APS01
Ref.1 Predicting Neutron Production from Cosmic-Ray Muons Y.-F. Wang et al., Physical Review D, 64, 013012
Ref.2 Recent Results and Future Prospects on Neutrino Oscillations from Reactors Presented by Y.-F. Wang at 34th Rencontres de Moriond, 1999
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