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2011
i-DUST 2010
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| Article Number | 03003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Applied Physics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/idust/201103003 | |
| Published online | 18 March 2011 | |
i-DUST 2010, 03003 (2011)
Neutron and alpha backgrounds in the LSBB
1 Center for Nuclear Physics, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
2 Department of Physics, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
3 Department of Physics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
4 Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear, Estrada Nacional 10, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal
We describe studies of the existing neutron and alpha radiation fields in the GESA site of the LSBB, effected as part of the SIMPLE dark matter search, to include the impact of various shieldings in their suppression, and the results of their measurement using SIMPLE detectors.
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