2010-08-01 Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment
Submitted by jeremy.cushman on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 23:08
Journal:
Astroparticle Physics
Year:
2010
Volume:
34
Page:
18-24
DOI:
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.04.004
arXiv:
0912.3779
Type:
Title:
Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment
Abstract (for collaboration papers):
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.