Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment

被引：26

作者：

Andreotti, E. ^{[2
,3
]}

Arnaboldi, C. ^{[3
,4
]}

Avignone, F. T., III

Balata, M. ^{[6
]}

Bandac, I. ^{[5
]}

Barucci, M. ^{[7
,8
]}

Beeman, J. W. ^{[1
]}

Bellini, F. ^{[9
,10
]}

Bloxham, T. ^{[1
]}

Brofferio, C. ^{[3
,4
]}

Bryant, A. ^{[1
,11
]}

Bucci, C. ^{[6
]}

Canonica, L. ^{[12
,13
]}

Capelli, S. ^{[3
,4
]}

Carbone, L. ^{[3
]}

Carrettoni, M. ^{[3
,4
]}

Clemenza, M. ^{[3
,4
]}

Cremonesi, O. ^{[3
]}

Creswick, R. J. ^{[5
]}

Di Domizio, S. ^{[12
,13
]}

Dolinski, M. J. ^{[11
,14
]}

Ejzak, L. ^{[15
]}

Faccini, R. ^{[9
,10
]}

Farach, H. A. ^{[5
]}

Ferri, E. ^{[3
,4
]}

Ferroni, F. ^{[9
,10
]}

Fiorini, E. ^{[3
,4
]}

Foggetta, L. ^{[3
]}

Giachero, A. ^{[3
]}

Gironi, L. ^{[3
]}

Giuliani, A. ^{[2
,3
]}

Gorla, P. ^{[6
]}

Guardincerri, E. ^{[12
,13
]}

Gutierrez, T. D. ^{[16
]}

Haller, E. E. ^{[1
,17
]}

Kadel, R.

Kazkaz, K. ^{[14
]}

Kraft, S. ^{[3
,4
]}

Kogler, L. ^{[1
]}

Kolomensky, Yu. G. ^{[1
,11
]}

Maiano, C. ^{[3
,4
]}

Maruyama, R. H. ^{[15
]}

Martinez, C. ^{[5
]}

Martinez, M. ^{[3
]}

Mizouni, L. ^{[5
]}

Morganti, S. ^{[10
]}

Nisi, S. ^{[6
]}

Nones, C. ^{[2
,3
]}

Norman, E. B. ^{[14
,18
]}

Nucciotti, A. ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[2] Univ Insubria, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, I-22100 Como, Italy

[3] Sez INFN Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy

[4] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20126 Bicocca, Italy

[5] Univ S Carolina, Dept Phys & Astron, Columbia, SC 29208 USA

[6] Assergi LAquila, Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Coppito, Italy

[7] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50125 Florence, Italy

[8] Sez INFN Firenze, I-50125 Florence, Italy

[9] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[10] Sez INFN Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[11] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[12] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Fis, I-16146 Genoa, Italy

[13] Sez 1NFN Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy

[14] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA

[15] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[16] Calif Polytech State Univ San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 USA

[17] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[18] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Nucl Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[19] Lab Nazl Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy

来源：

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2010年 / 34卷 / 01期

关键词：

CUORICINO; Muons; Cosmic rays; Double beta decay; Neutrinos; MONTE-CARLO EVALUATION; HIGH-ENERGY MUONS; NEUTRON-PRODUCTION; FLUX;

D O I：

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.04.004

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

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. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：18 / 24

页数：7

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