Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment
Nuclear Experiment
2014-11-20 v3
Abstract
To better understand the contribution of cosmic ray muons to the CUORICINO background, 10 plastic scintillator detectors were installed at the CUORICINO site and operated during the final 3 months of the experiment. From these measurements, an upper limit of 0.0021 counts/(keV kg yr) (95% CL) was obtained on the cosmic ray-induced background in the neutrinoless double beta decay region of interest. The measurements were also compared to Geant4 simulations.
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@article{arxiv.0912.3779,
title = {Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment},
author = {E. Andreotti and C. Arnaboldi and F. T. Avignone and M. Balata and I. Bandac and M. Barucci and J. W. Beeman and F. Bellini and T. Bloxham and C. Brofferio and A. Bryant and C. Bucci and L. Canonica and S. Capelli and L. Carbone and M. Carrettoni and M. Clemenza and O. Cremonesi and R. J. Creswick and S. Di Domizio and M. J. Dolinski and L. Ejzak and R. Faccini and H. A. Farach and E. Ferri and F. Ferroni and E. Fiorini and L. Foggetta and A. Giachero and L. Gironi and A. Giuliani and P. Gorla and E. Guardincerri and T. D. Gutierrez and E. E. Haller and R. Kadel and K. Kazkaz and S. Kraft and L. Kogler and Yu. G. Kolomensky and C. Maiano and R. H. Maruyama and C. Martinez and M. Martinez and L. Mizouni and S. Morganti and S. Nisi and C. Nones and E. B. Norman and A. Nucciotti and F. Orio and M. Pallavicini and V. Palmieri and L. Pattavina and M. Pavan and M. Pedretti and G. Pessina and S. Pirro and E. Previtali and L. Risegari and C. Rosenfeld and C. Rusconi and C. Salvioni and S. Sangiorgio and D. Schaeffer and N. D. Scielzo and M. Sisti and A. R. Smith and C. Tomei and G. Ventura and M. Vignati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.3779},
year = {2014}
}
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16 pages, 7 figures