Measurement of the muon-induced neutron yield in liquid scintillator and stainless steel at LNGS with the LVD experiment

Journal Article · Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4818116· OSTI ID:22218189

Persiani, R.; Garbini, M.; Sartorelli, G.; Selvi, M. ^[1]

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1. University of Bologna and INFN-Bologna, Bologna (Italy)

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{sup −4} and (1.5±0.3)×10{sup −3} in liquid scintillator and in stainless steel, respectively.

• OSTI ID: 22218189
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1549, Issue 1; Conference: LRT 2013: 4. international workshop on low radioactivity techniques, Assergi (Italy), 10-12 Apr 2013; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COSMIC MUONS
G CODES
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
MUON REACTIONS
NEUTRON DETECTION
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
STAINLESS STEELS