2009/12/31 by E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +69
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #COSMIC cancer database #Cosmic ray #Detector #Double beta decay #Muon #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Nuclear physics #Optics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Scintillator #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2010.04.004
published as Astropart.Phys.34:18-24,2010 · 16 pages, 7 figures
openalex publication_date 2010/04/19 · arxiv created 2010/06/22 · arxiv updated 2014/11/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
To better understand the contribution of cosmic ray muons to the CUORICINO background, 10 plastic scintillator detectors were installed at the CUORICINO site and operated during the final 3 months of the experiment. From these measurements, an upper limit of 0.0021 counts/(keV kg yr) (95% CL) was obtained on the cosmic ray-induced background in the neutrinoless double beta decay region of interest. The measurements were also compared to Geant4 simulations.