Neutron Background and Possibility for Shallow Experiments

As a possible design of a future geoneutrino detector, a KamLAND-type, monolithic, liquid scintillator detector with a thicker veto and a method for particle identification to reject neutron and 9Li background from cosmic-ray muon spallation is considered. Assuming such a detector, the possibility f...

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Published inEarth, moon, and planets Vol. 99; no. 1-4; pp. 265 - 273
Main Author Mitsui, Tadao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2006
Subjects
Cosmic ray muons
Cosmic rays
Detectors
Earth
Equivalence
Geophysics
Liquids
Moon
Muons
Neutrons
Planets
Scintillation counters
Spallation
Water depth
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Summary:As a possible design of a future geoneutrino detector, a KamLAND-type, monolithic, liquid scintillator detector with a thicker veto and a method for particle identification to reject neutron and 9Li background from cosmic-ray muon spallation is considered. Assuming such a detector, the possibility for geoneutrino observation at a depth of around 300 meters of water equivalent is investigated.
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ISSN:0167-9295
1573-0794
DOI:10.1007/s11038-006-9122-6