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- Nominated as an outstanding Ph. D. thesis by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany
- Verifies the reliability of the Monte Carlo package Geant4 in simulating the production of muon-induced neutrons
- Extends the scarce data on the production yield of muon-induced neutrons in lead by a precise and well documented measurement
- Develops a detailed model of the detector response on muon-induced neutrons for an extensive investigation of systematic uncertainties
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Keywords
- Background for dark matter searches
- Gadolinium-loaded liquid sintillator
- Monte Carlo simulation of neutron production with Geant4
- Muon flux at deep underground laboratories
- Muon-induced neutron spallation
- Muon-induced neutron yield in lead
- Neutron capture on gadolinium
- Neutron detection with a deutron multiplicity meter
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Book Title: Production Yield of Muon-Induced Neutrons in Lead
Book Subtitle: Measured at the Modane Underground Laboratory
Authors: Holger Kluck
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18527-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18526-2Published: 07 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36929-7Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18527-9Published: 28 July 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 382
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 65 illustrations in colour
Topics: Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Measurement Science and Instrumentation