Abstract
The ceiling and walls of the Low Background Facility at the Soudan Underground Laboratory are lined proportional tubes which form a 30 m x 17 m x 12 m muon tracker. The data acquisition records GPS-generated time stamps along with position information. The tracker is a refurbished version of the Soudan 2 proton-decay muon veto shield. It can now be used in conjunction with other experiments housed within its walls. Particularly interesting is the possible measurement of cavern muons coincident with high-energy neutron detections in the Neutron Multiplicity Meter (NMM), a 4-tonne gadolinium-loaded water Cherenkov neutron capture detector atop a 20-kilotonne lead target. Here we cover the ability of the shield and co-located detectors to achieve coincident timing resolutions of about 1 microsecond via GPS-synchronized absolute timing electronics. The usage of such technology for constraining muon-neutron correlations underground is discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Low Radioactivity Techniques 2013, LRT 2013 - Proceedings of the IV International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques |
Pages | 177-180 |
Number of pages | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Event | 4th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques 2013, LRT 2013 - Assergi, Italy Duration: Apr 10 2013 → Apr 12 2013 |
Publication series
Name | AIP Conference Proceedings |
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Volume | 1549 |
ISSN (Print) | 0094-243X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1551-7616 |
Other
Other | 4th International Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques 2013, LRT 2013 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Assergi |
Period | 4/10/13 → 4/12/13 |
Keywords
- cosmogenics
- multiplicity
- neutrons