Dependence on altitude above sea level of thermal neutron concentration in air above surface

V. V. Alekseenko; F. Arneodo; G. Bruno; W. Fulgione; D. M. Gromushkin; Yu V. Stenkin

doi:10.7529/ICRC2011/V11/1124

Dependence on altitude above sea level of thermal neutron concentration in air above surface

V. V. Alekseenko, F. Arneodo, G. Bruno, W. Fulgione, D. M. Gromushkin, Yu V. Stenkin

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Abstract

We present some measurements of surface thermal neutron concentration in air as a function of the altitude above sea level for three sites. We used a thermal neutron scintillation detector based on compound 10B + ZnS(Ag). The sites are: Moscow (200 m a. s. l.), Assergi (1000 m a. s. l.), Baksan Neutrino Observatory (1700 m a. s. l.). Altitude dependence of the thermal neutron concentration can be understood better in the framework of a model of radioactive activation of surface ground by cosmic radiation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	439-441
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7529/ICRC2011/V11/1124
State	Published - 2011
Event	32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011 - Beijing, China Duration: Aug 11 2011 → Aug 18 2011

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Other	32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2011
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	8/11/11 → 8/18/11

Keywords

Concentration
Cosmic rays
Radioactive activation
Thermal neutron

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Dependence on altitude above sea level of thermal neutron concentration in air above surface

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