Measurement of the gamma ray background in the Davis cavern at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

Deep underground environments are ideal for low background searches due to the attenuation of cosmic rays by passage through the earth. However, they are affected by backgrounds from γ-rays emitted by 40K and the 238U and 232Th decay chains in the surrounding rock. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment wil...

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Main Authors: Akerib, DS, Akerlof, CW, Alsum, SK, Boast, KE, Carels, C, Cottle, A, Fruth, T, Kraus, H, Liao, FT, Scovell, PR, Stevens, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019