Cosmic Coincidences: Investigations for Neutron Background Suppression

Two experimental investigations were made in order to reduce background counts in neutron detectors. Each investigation relied upon the fact that neutron background is largely due to cosmic ray interactions with the air and ground. The first attempt was to look at neutron arrival times. Neutron even...

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Autor principal: Heimbach, Craig R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: [Gaithersburg, MD] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4656007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27110457
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.112.007
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description Two experimental investigations were made in order to reduce background counts in neutron detectors. Each investigation relied upon the fact that neutron background is largely due to cosmic ray interactions with the air and ground. The first attempt was to look at neutron arrival times. Neutron events close in time were taken to have been of a common origin due to cosmic rays. The second investigation was similar, but based on coincident neutron/muon events. The investigations showed only a small effect, not practical for the suppression of neutron background.
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spelling pubmed-46560072016-04-22 Cosmic Coincidences: Investigations for Neutron Background Suppression Heimbach, Craig R. J Res Natl Inst Stand Technol Article Two experimental investigations were made in order to reduce background counts in neutron detectors. Each investigation relied upon the fact that neutron background is largely due to cosmic ray interactions with the air and ground. The first attempt was to look at neutron arrival times. Neutron events close in time were taken to have been of a common origin due to cosmic rays. The second investigation was similar, but based on coincident neutron/muon events. The investigations showed only a small effect, not practical for the suppression of neutron background. [Gaithersburg, MD] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology 2007 2007-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4656007/ /pubmed/27110457 http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.112.007 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ The Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is a publication of the U.S. Government. The papers are in the public domain and are not subject to copyright in the United States. Articles from J Res may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright.
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