Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Volume 100, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.112005
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Funding
- Canada: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- Canada: Industry Canada
- Canada: National Research Council
- Canada: Northern Ontario Heritage Fund
- Canada: Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.
- Canada: Ontario Power Generation
- Canada: High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory
- Canada: Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Canada: Canada Research Chairs program
- Canada: Breakthrough Prize Fund at Queen's University
- US: Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Physics
- US: National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
- US: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- US: National Science Foundation
- US: Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration through the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium
- UK: Science and Technology Facilities Council
- Portugal: Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
- STFC [ST/N000404/1, ST/S000798/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Neutrons produced in nuclear interactions initiated by cosmic-ray muons present an irreducible background to many rare-event searches, even in detectors located deep underground. Models for the production of these neutrons have been tested against previous experimental data, but the extrapolation to deeper sites is not well understood. Here we report results from an analysis of cosmogenically produced neutrons at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. A specific set of observables are presented, which can be used to benchmark the validity of GEANT4 physics models. In addition, the cosmogenic neutron yield, in units of 10(-4) cm(2)/(g.mu), is measured to be 7.28 +/- 0.09(stat)(-1.12)(+1.59)(syst) in pure heavy water and 7.30 +/- 0.07(stat)(-1.02)(+1.40)(syst) in NaCl-loaded heavy water. These results provide unique insights into this potential background source for experiments at SNOLAB.
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