Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-02-27
PoS idm2008:086,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
To appear in the proceedings of the Identification of Dark Matter conference (idm2008), Stockholm, 18-22 August 2008; 4 pages,
Scientific paper
A good particle candidate for Cold Dark Matter (CDM) is the supersymmetric neutralino or more generally a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP). The expected interaction rate of WIMPs with the detector medium in the direct detection experiments is below 0.01 events/kg/day. This makes a good knowledge of the background conditions highly important, especially with ever increasing sensitivity of the detectors. One of the background components is related to cosmic muons and in particular to muon-induced neutrons. Detailed studies carried out by the Edelweiss collaboration in this respect are presented. This activity includes GEANT4 simulations with full event topology as well as a dedicated measurement with a new neutron counter installed in the fall of 2008 in LSM (Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane, France). This counter is incorporated into the existing muon veto system thus allowing to monitor neutrons in coincidence with the incoming muons.
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