{
  "id": "hep-ex/0404042",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2004-04-30T12:39:39.000Z",
  "updated": "2004-04-30T12:39:39.000Z",
  "title": "Neutron background in large-scale xenon detectors for dark matter searches",
  "authors": [
    "M. J. Carson",
    "J. C. Davies",
    "E. Daw",
    "R. J. Hollingworth",
    "V. A. Kudryavtsev",
    "T. B. Lawson",
    "P. K. Lightfoot",
    "J. E. McMillan",
    "B. Morgan",
    "S. M. Paling",
    "M. Robinson",
    "N. J. C. Spooner",
    "D. R. Tovey"
  ],
  "comment": "35 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics",
  "journal": "Astropart.Phys.21:667-687,2004",
  "doi": "10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.05.001",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ex"
  ],
  "abstract": "Simulations of the neutron background for future large-scale particle dark matter detectors are presented. Neutrons were generated in rock and detector elements via spontaneous fission and (alpha,n) reactions, and by cosmic-ray muons. The simulation techniques and results are discussed in the context of the expected sensitivity of a generic liquid xenon dark matter detector. Methods of neutron background suppression are investigated. A sensitivity of $10^{-9}-10^{-10}$ pb to WIMP-nucleon interactions can be achieved by a tonne-scale detector.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2004-04-30T12:39:39.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "98.70.Vc",
      "13.60.Rj",
      "14.20.Dh",
      "13.75.-n",
      "14.80.Ly",
      "13.85.-t"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "neutron background",
      "large-scale xenon detectors",
      "dark matter searches",
      "xenon dark matter detector",
      "generic liquid xenon dark matter"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 35,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 649430
    }
  }
}