Neutron production by cosmic-ray muons at shallow depth

F. Boehm; J. Busenitz; B. Cook; G. Gratta; H. Henrikson; J. Kornis; D. Lawrence; K. B. Lee; K. McKinny; L. Miller; V. Novikov; A. Piepke; B. Ritchie; D. Tracy; P. Vogel; Y. F. Wang; J. Wolf

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.62.092005

Neutron production by cosmic-ray muons at shallow depth

F. Boehm, J. Busenitz, B. Cook, G. Gratta, H. Henrikson, J. Kornis, D. Lawrence, K. B. Lee, K. McKinny, L. Miller, V. Novikov, A. Piepke, B. Ritchie, D. Tracy, P. Vogel, Y. F. Wang, J. Wolf

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The yield of neutrons produced by cosmic ray muons at a shallow depth of 32 meters of water equivalent has been measured. The Palo Verde neutrino detector, containing 11.3 tons of Gd loaded liquid scintillator and 3.5 tons of acrylic, served as a target. The rate of one and two neutron captures was determined. Modeling the neutron capture efficiency allowed us to deduce the total yield of neutrons, Y_tot=(3.60±0.09±0.31)×10^-5 neutrons per muon and g/cm². This yield is consistent with previous measurements at similar depths.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	092005
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	62
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.092005
State	Published - Nov 1 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Boehm, F., Busenitz, J., Cook, B., Gratta, G., Henrikson, H., Kornis, J., Lawrence, D., Lee, K. B., McKinny, K., Miller, L., Novikov, V., Piepke, A., Ritchie, B., Tracy, D., Vogel, P., Wang, Y. F., & Wolf, J. (2000). Neutron production by cosmic-ray muons at shallow depth. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 62(9), 1-6. Article 092005. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.092005

Boehm, F, Busenitz, J, Cook, B, Gratta, G, Henrikson, H, Kornis, J, Lawrence, D, Lee, KB, McKinny, K, Miller, L, Novikov, V, Piepke, A, Ritchie, B, Tracy, D, Vogel, P, Wang, YF & Wolf, J 2000, 'Neutron production by cosmic-ray muons at shallow depth', Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 62, no. 9, 092005, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.092005

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