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physics.ins-det2015★ 41 cited
Tagging Spallation Backgrounds with Showers in Water-Cherenkov Detectors
Shirley Weishi Li, John F. Beacom
Cosmic-ray muons and especially their secondaries break apart nuclei ("spallation") and produce fast neutrons and beta-decay isotopes, which are backgrounds for low-energy experime…
hep-ph2015★ 1 cited
Spallation Backgrounds in Super-Kamiokande Are Made in Muon-Induced Showers
Shirley Weishi Li, John F. Beacom
Crucial questions about solar and supernova neutrinos remain unanswered. Super-Kamiokande has the exposure needed for progress, but detector backgrounds are a limiting factor. A le…