The neutron background at the underground laboratory at Boulby - a site for several dark matter experiments - is discussed. Special emphasis is put on the neutron background produced by cosmic-ray muons. The most recent versions of the muon propagation code MUSIC, and particle transport code FLUKA are used to evaluate muon and neutron fluxes. The results of simulations are compared with experimental data.
@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0301038,
title = {Neutron background at Boulby mine},
author = {V. A. Kudryavtsev and P. K. Lightfoot and J. E. McMillan and M. Robinson and N. J. C. Spooner and P. F. Smith and N. J. T. Smith and J. D. Lewin and R. Luscher and I. Liubarsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0301038},
year = {2017}
}
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6 pages, 6 figures, contribution to the IDM2002 Workshop