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Neutron Production from Cosmic-Ray Muons at Daya Bay

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207402_0023Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
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    Neutrons induced by cosmic-ray muons are a significant background for underground experiments studying neutrino oscillations, neutrino-less double beta decay, dark matter and other rare-event signals. The Daya Bay Reactor Antineutrino experiment consists of 8 antineutrino detectors (AD) placed in three experimental halls at different baselines from six nuclear reactors. Each AD contains 20 tons of Gd-doped liquid scintillator, serving as the main target for antineutrinos interacting via the inverse beta-decay (IBD) reaction. The data from Daya Bay allows to make a competitive measurement of neutron production by cosmogenic muons at depths of 250, 265 and 860 meters-water-equivalent.