@article{30fb3837ca394d12965a55451b54bb30,
title = "Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay",
abstract = "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 Yn=(10.26±0.86)×10-5, (10.22±0.87)×10-5, and (17.03±1.22)×10-5 μ-1 g-1 cm2 at depths of 250, 265, and 860 meters-water-equivalent. These results are compared to other measurements and the simulated neutron yield in Fluka and Geant4. A global fit including the Daya Bay measurements yields a power law coefficient of 0.77±0.03 for the dependence of the neutron yield on muon energy.",
author = "{(The Daya Bay Collaboration)} and An, {F. P.} and Balantekin, {A. B.} and Band, {H. R.} and M. Bishai and S. Blyth and D. Cao and Cao, {G. F.} and J. Cao and Chan, {Y. L.} and Chang, {J. F.} and Y. Chang and Chen, {H. S.} and Chen, {S. M.} and Y. Chen and Chen, {Y. X.} and J. Cheng and Cheng, {Z. K.} and Cherwinka, {J. J.} and Chu, {M. C.} and A. Chukanov and Cummings, {J. P.} and Ding, {Y. Y.} and Diwan, {M. V.} and M. Dolgareva and J. Dove and Dwyer, {D. A.} and Edwards, {W. R.} and R. Gill and M. Gonchar and Gong, {G. H.} and H. Gong and M. Grassi and Gu, {W. Q.} and L. Guo and Guo, {X. H.} and Guo, {Y. H.} and Z. Guo and Hackenburg, {R. W.} and S. Hans and M. He and Heeger, {K. M.} and Heng, {Y. K.} and A. Higuera and Hsiung, {Y. B.} and Hu, {B. Z.} and T. Hu and Huang, {H. X.} and Huang, {X. T.} and Huang, {Y. B.} and Peng, {J. C.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 authors.",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.97.052009",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "97",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "5",
}