2 papers
physics.ins-det2025
An LNGS Mobile Neutron Detector (ALMOND): Mapping Ambient Neutron Background of Gran Sasso National Laboratory
Melih Solmaz, Klaus Eitel, Alfredo Davide Ferella +3
In deep underground laboratories, environmental neutrons, which are produced at the cavern walls, introduce a source of background to rare event searches. The flux and spectrum of…
physics.ins-det2025
Commissioning of a mobile neutron spectrometer for LNGS
Francesco Pompa, Klaus Eitel, Alfredo Davide Ferella +3
Environmental neutrons are a source of background for rare event searches in underground laboratories. Since the majority of the neutron background comes from the cavern walls due…