{"paper":{"title":"Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["physics.ins-det"],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. B. Balantekin, A. Chukanov, A. Higuera, A. Khan, A. Olshevskiy, B. L. Young, B. R. Littlejohn, B. Roskovec, B. Viren, B. Z. Hu, C. C. Zhang, C. E. Tull, C. G. White, C. G. Yang, C. H. Wang, C.-H. Wu, C. J. Lin, C. Li, C. Lu, C. S. J. Pun, C. W. Loh, C. Zhang, D. A. Dwyer, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, Daya Bay Collaboration: F. P. An, D. Cao, D. E. Jaffe, D. J. Li, D. Jones, D. M. Xia, D. Naumov, D. Taychenachev, E. Naumova, E. Worcester, F. Li, F. Z. Qi, G. F. Cao, G. H. Gong, G. Hussain, G. L. Lin, G. S. Li, H. Gong, H. H. Zhang, H. L. H. Wong, H. Liang, H. L. Zhuang, H. Q. Lu, H. R. Band, H.-R. Pan, H. S. Chen, H. Steiner, H. X. Huang, H. Yang, H. Y. Wei, I. Mitchell, J. B. Jiao, J. Cao, J. Cheng, J. C. Liu, J. C. Peng, J. Dove, J. F. Chang, J. H. C. Lee, J. H. Zou, J. J. Cherwinka, J. J. Ling, J. K. C. Leung, J. K. Xia, J. Lee, J. L. Liu, J. L. Sun, J. L. Xu, J. M. Link, J. Napolitano, J. Park, J. P. Cummings, J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. Ren, J. S. Lu, J. W. Zhang, J. Zhao, K. B. Luk, K. Lau, K. L. Jen, K. M. Heeger, K. T. McDonald, K. Treskov, K. V. Tsang, K. Whisnant, L. Guo, L. J. Wen, L. Kang, L. Lebanowski, L. Littenberg, L. Pinsky, L. W. Koerner, L. Yang, L. Zhan, L. Zhou, M. Bishai, M. C. Chu, M. Dolgareva, M. Gonchar, M. Grassi, M. He, M. Kramer, M. Qi, M. S. Yang, M. T. Yang, M. V. Diwan, M. Wang, M. W. Kwok, M. Ye, M. Yeh, N. Raper, N. Viaux, N. Y. Wang, P. Huber, Q. J. Li, Q. M. Zhang, Q. Wu, R. A. Johnson, R. D. McKeown, R. Gill, R. G. Wang, R. Leitner, R. M. Qiu, R. Rosero, R. T. Lei, R. W. Hackenburg, R. Zhang, S. Blyth, S. C. F. Wong, S. C. Li, S. Hans, S. H. Kettell, S. K. Lin, S. Kohn, S. Li, S. Lin, S. M. Chen, S. Patton, S. Zeng, T. Hu, T. J. Langford, T. Wise, T. Xue, V. Pec, V. Vorobel, W. D. Li, W.-H. Tse, W. Huo, W. J. Wu, W. Q. Gu, W. R. Edwards, W. Tang, W. Wang, X. B. Ma, X. C. Ruan, X. H. Guo, X. L. Ji, X. N. Li, X. P. Ji, X. Qian, X. Q. Li, X. T. Huang, X. T. Zhang, X. Wang, X. Y. Ma, Y. B. Hsiung, Y. B. Huang, Y. Chang, Y. Chen, Y.-C. Lin, Y. F. Li, Y. F. Wang, Y. H. Guo, Y. K. Heng, Y. L. Chan, Y. Malyshkin, Y. M. Zhang, Y. Nakajima, Y. Q. Ma, Y. X. Chen, Y. Xu, Y. X. Zhang, Y. Y. Ding, Y. Z. Yang, Z. B. Li, Z. Guo, Z. J. Zhang, Z. K. Cheng, Z. M. Wang, Z. P. Zhang, Z. Wang, Z. Ye, Z. Y. Yu, Z. Y. Zhang, Z. Z. Xing","submitted_at":"2017-11-02T01:46:07Z","abstract_excerpt":"Neutrons produced by cosmic ray muons are an important background for underground experiments studying neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless double beta decay, dark matter, and other rare-event signals. A measurement of the neutron yield in the three different experimental halls of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment at varying depth is reported. The neutron yield in Daya Bay's liquid scintillator is measured to be $Y_n=(10.26\\pm 0.86)\\times 10^{-5}$, $(10.22\\pm 0.87)\\times 10^{-5}$, and $(17.03\\pm 1.22)\\times 10^{-5}~\\mu^{-1}~$g$^{-1}~$cm$^2$ at depths of 250, 265, and 860 meters-water-equ"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1711.00588","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}