On the level of background in underground muon measurements with plastic scintillator counters

On the level of background in underground muon measurements with plastic scintillator counters

In this short note we present results of background measurements carried out with a polystyrene based cast plastic 12.0x12.0x3.0 cm^3 size scintillator counter with a wavelength shifting fibre and a multi-pixel Geiger mode avalanche photodiode readout in the Baksan underground laboratory at a depth...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2008-10
Hauptverfasser: Volchenko, V I, Volchenko, G V, Akhrameev, E V, Bezrukov, L B, Dzaparova, I M, I Sh Davitashvili, Enqvist, T, Fynbo, H, Zh Sh Guliev, Inzhechik, L V, Izmaylov, A O, Joutsenvaara, J, Khabibullin, M M, Khotjantsev, A N, Kudenko, Yu G, Kuusiniemi, P, Lubsandorzhiev, B K, Mineev, O V, Petkov, V B, Poleshuk, R V, Shaibonov, B A M, Sarkamo, J, Shaykhiev, A T, Trzaska, W, Yanin, A F, Yershov, N V
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Sprache:eng
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Avalanche diodes
Measuring instruments
Photodiodes
Polystyrene resins
Scintillation counters
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Zusammenfassung:In this short note we present results of background measurements carried out with a polystyrene based cast plastic 12.0x12.0x3.0 cm^3 size scintillator counter with a wavelength shifting fibre and a multi-pixel Geiger mode avalanche photodiode readout in the Baksan underground laboratory at a depth of 200 meters of water equivalent. The total counting rate of the scintillator counter measured at this depth and at a threshold corresponding to ~0.37 of a minimum ionizing particle is approximately 1.3 Hz.
ISSN:2331-8422