Radiation Background Studies for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{124}$Sn

Neha Dokania; V. Singh; C. Ghosh; S. Mathimalar; A. Garai; S. Pal; V. Nanal; R. G. Pillay; A. Shrivastava; K. G. Bhushan

Radiation Background Studies for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{124}$Sn

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-04-22 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Authors: Neha Dokania , V. Singh , C. Ghosh , S. Mathimalar , A. Garai , S. Pal , V. Nanal , R. G. Pillay , A. Shrivastava , K. G. Bhushan

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Abstract

Radiation background studies pertaining to $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{124}$ Sn have been carried out. A TiLES setup has been installed at TIFR for this purpose. Neutron-induced background is studied in the TIN.TIN detector materials using fast neutron activation technique. The neutron flux ( $E_n\leq15$ MeV) resulting from SF and ( $\alpha, n$ ) interactions for the rock in the INO cavern is estimated using MC simulations. A two layer composite shield of borated paraffin (20 cm) + Pb (5 cm) is proposed for the reduction of neutron flux.

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neutrinoless double beta decay neutron detection

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@article{arxiv.1504.05433,
  title  = {Radiation Background Studies for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{124}$Sn},
  author = {Neha Dokania and V. Singh and C. Ghosh and S. Mathimalar and A. Garai and S. Pal and V. Nanal and R. G. Pillay and A. Shrivastava and K. G. Bhushan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.05433},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of the Prospects in Neutrino Physics Conference, Dec. 2014, London

Radiation Background Studies for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{124}$Sn

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