Title of article :
Background measurements in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory
Author/Authors :
Haffke، نويسنده , , M. and Baudis، نويسنده , , L. and Bruch، نويسنده , , T. and Ferella، نويسنده , , A.D. and Undagoitia، نويسنده , , T. Marrodلn and Schumann، نويسنده , , M. C. Te Giffel، نويسنده , , Y.-F. and van der Schaaf، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Abstract :
The gamma background flux below 3000 keV in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy, has been measured using a 3 in. diameter NaI(Tl) detector at different underground positions: in hall A, hall B, the interferometer tunnel, and inside the Large Volume Detector (LVD). The integrated flux is 0.3–0.4 s−1 cm−2 at the first three locations, and is lower by two orders of magnitude inside LVD. With the help of Monte Carlo simulations for every location, the contribution of the individual primordial isotopes to the background has been determined. Using an 11 in. diameter NaI(Tl) detector, the background neutron flux in the LNGS interferometer tunnel has been estimated. Within the uncertainties, the result agrees with those from other neutron measurements in the main halls.
Keywords :
Underground laboratory , NaI(Tl) , LNGS , Gamma flux , neutron flux
Journal title :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Journal title :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
