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Title: Muon flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System

Abstract

We report the first measurement of the total muon flux underground at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the 4850 ft level. Measurements were performed using the Majorana Demonstrator muon veto system arranged in two different configurations. The measured total flux is (5.31 ± 0.17) × 10-9 μ/s/cm2.

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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
The Majorana Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1344354
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1426728; OSTI ID: 1489587; OSTI ID: 1550623
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-21287
Journal ID: ISSN 0927-6505
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; FG02-97ER41041; FG02-97ER41033; FG02-97ER41042; SC0012612; FG02-10ER41715; SC0010254; FG02-97ER41020; PHY-1003940; 0855314; PHY-1202950; MRI 0923142; 1003399
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal ID: ISSN 0927-6505
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; atomic and nuclear physics

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Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Bradley, A. W., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y-D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P. -H., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Dunagan, C., Efremenko, Yu., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilliss, T., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guinn, I. S., Guiseppe, V. E., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Jasinski, B. R., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Lopez, A. M., MacMullin, J., Martin, R. D., Massarczyk, R., Meijer, S. J., Mertens, S., Orrell, J. L., O’Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Poon, A. W. P., Radford, D. C., Rager, J., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G. H., Romero-Romero, E., Ronquest, M. C., Schmitt, C., Shanks, B., Shirchenko, M., Snyder, N., Suriano, A. M., Tedeschi, D., Trimble, J. E., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Wiseman, C., Xu, W., Yakushev, E., Yu, C. -H., Yumatov, V., Zhitnikov, I., and Collaboration, The Majorana. Muon flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.01.013.
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Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Bradley, A. W., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y-D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P. -H., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Dunagan, C., Efremenko, Yu., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilliss, T., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guinn, I. S., Guiseppe, V. E., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Jasinski, B. R., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Lopez, A. M., MacMullin, J., Martin, R. D., Massarczyk, R., Meijer, S. J., Mertens, S., Orrell, J. L., O’Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Poon, A. W. P., Radford, D. C., Rager, J., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G. H., Romero-Romero, E., Ronquest, M. C., Schmitt, C., Shanks, B., Shirchenko, M., Snyder, N., Suriano, A. M., Tedeschi, D., Trimble, J. E., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Wiseman, C., Xu, W., Yakushev, E., Yu, C. -H., Yumatov, V., Zhitnikov, I., & Collaboration, The Majorana. Muon flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.01.013
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Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Bradley, A. W., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y-D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P. -H., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Dunagan, C., Efremenko, Yu., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Gilliss, T., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guinn, I. S., Guiseppe, V. E., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Jasinski, B. R., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Lopez, A. M., MacMullin, J., Martin, R. D., Massarczyk, R., Meijer, S. J., Mertens, S., Orrell, J. L., O’Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Poon, A. W. P., Radford, D. C., Rager, J., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G. H., Romero-Romero, E., Ronquest, M. C., Schmitt, C., Shanks, B., Shirchenko, M., Snyder, N., Suriano, A. M., Tedeschi, D., Trimble, J. E., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Wiseman, C., Xu, W., Yakushev, E., Yu, C. -H., Yumatov, V., Zhitnikov, I., and Collaboration, The Majorana. Thu . "Muon flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.01.013. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1344354.
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@article{osti_1344354,
title = {Muon flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System},
author = {Abgrall, N. and Aguayo, E. and Avignone, F. T. and Barabash, A. S. and Bertrand, F. E. and Bradley, A. W. and Brudanin, V. and Busch, M. and Buuck, M. and Byram, D. and Caldwell, A. S. and Chan, Y-D. and Christofferson, C. D. and Chu, P. -H. and Cuesta, C. and Detwiler, J. A. and Dunagan, C. and Efremenko, Yu. and Ejiri, H. and Elliott, S. R. and Galindo-Uribarri, A. and Gilliss, T. and Giovanetti, G. K. and Goett, J. and Green, M. P. and Gruszko, J. and Guinn, I. S. and Guiseppe, V. E. and Henning, R. and Hoppe, E. W. and Howard, S. and Howe, M. A. and Jasinski, B. R. and Keeter, K. J. and Kidd, M. F. and Konovalov, S. I. and Kouzes, R. T. and LaFerriere, B. D. and Leon, J. and Lopez, A. M. and MacMullin, J. and Martin, R. D. and Massarczyk, R. and Meijer, S. J. and Mertens, S. and Orrell, J. L. and O’Shaughnessy, C. and Overman, N. R. and Poon, A. W. P. and Radford, D. C. and Rager, J. and Rielage, K. and Robertson, R. G. H. and Romero-Romero, E. and Ronquest, M. C. and Schmitt, C. and Shanks, B. and Shirchenko, M. and Snyder, N. and Suriano, A. M. and Tedeschi, D. and Trimble, J. E. and Varner, R. L. and Vasilyev, S. and Vetter, K. and Vorren, K. and White, B. R. and Wilkerson, J. F. and Wiseman, C. and Xu, W. and Yakushev, E. and Yu, C. -H. and Yumatov, V. and Zhitnikov, I. and Collaboration, The Majorana},
abstractNote = {We report the first measurement of the total muon flux underground at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the 4850 ft level. Measurements were performed using the Majorana Demonstrator muon veto system arranged in two different configurations. The measured total flux is (5.31 ± 0.17) × 10-9 μ/s/cm2.},
doi = {10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.01.013},
journal = {Astroparticle Physics},
number = ,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Thu Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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