We describe the measurement of the muon-induced neutron yield in liquid scintillator and stainless steel (SS) at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS), with the LVD experiment. The Large Volume Detector (LVD) is located in Hall A of the LNGS and is made of 1000 t of liquid scintillator and 1000 t of SS. Using an independent measurement to evaluate the background and with the support of a full Monte Carlo simulation based on Geant4, we measured a neutron yield of (2.9±0.6)×10-4 and (1.5±0.3) ×10-3 in liquid scintillator and in stainless steel, respectively. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
Persiani, R., Garbini, M., Sartorelli, G., Selvi, M. (2013). Measurement of the muon-induced neutron yield in liquid scintillator and stainless steel at LNGS with the LVD experiment [10.1063/1.4818116].
Measurement of the muon-induced neutron yield in liquid scintillator and stainless steel at LNGS with the LVD experiment
PERSIANI, RINO;GARBINI, MARCO;SARTORELLI, GABRIELLA;SELVI, MARCO
2013
Abstract
We describe the measurement of the muon-induced neutron yield in liquid scintillator and stainless steel (SS) at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS), with the LVD experiment. The Large Volume Detector (LVD) is located in Hall A of the LNGS and is made of 1000 t of liquid scintillator and 1000 t of SS. Using an independent measurement to evaluate the background and with the support of a full Monte Carlo simulation based on Geant4, we measured a neutron yield of (2.9±0.6)×10-4 and (1.5±0.3) ×10-3 in liquid scintillator and in stainless steel, respectively. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
