Cosmogenic-neutron activation of TeO2 and implications for neutrinoless double-β decay experiments

Wang, B. S.; Norman, E. B.; Scielzo, N. D.; Smith, A. R.; Thomas, K. J.; Wender, S. A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.92.024620

Title: Cosmogenic-neutron activation of ${TeO}_{2}$ and implications for neutrinoless double- $β$ decay experiments

Journal Article · Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.024620· OSTI ID:1454510

Wang, B. S. ^[1]; Norman, E. B. ^[2]; Scielzo, N. D. ^[3]; Smith, A. R. ^[4]; Thomas, K. J. ^[5]; Wender, S. A. ^[6]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering; Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Flux-averaged cross sections for cosmogenic-neutron activation of natural tellurium were measured using a neutron beam containing neutrons of kinetic energies up to ~800 MeV, and having an energy spectrum similar to that of cosmic-ray neutrons at sea-level. Analysis of the radioisotopes produced reveals that ^110mAg will be a dominant contributor to the cosmogenic-activation background in experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay of ¹³⁰Te, such as CUORE and SNO+. Here, an estimate of the cosmogenic-activation background in the CUORE experiment has been obtained using the results of this measurement and cross-section measurements of proton activation of tellurium. Additionally, the measured cross sections in this work are also compared with results from semi-empirical cross-section calculations.

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Research Organization:: University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Contributing Organization:: Nuclear Science and Security Consortium

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0000979; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1454510

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1213273

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 2; ISSN 0556-2813

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