Luk, Wing Hong Antony = 地底實驗室的渺子致中子本底研究 / 陸永康. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-77). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Luk, Wing Hong Antony = Di di shi yan shi de miao zi zhi zhong zi ben di yan jiu / Lu Yongkang. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Muons at Earth´ةs Surface --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Underground Muons --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Muon Intensity --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Muon Energy --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Muon-induced Neutrons --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Production of Neutrons from Muons --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- The Influence of Muon-induced Neutrons on Underground Experiments --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4 --- Aberdeen Tunnel Laboratory --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Geological Properties --- p.12 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Detectors Description --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4.3 --- Detection Principles --- p.18 / Chapter 2 --- Simulation of Cosmic Muons for Aberdeen Tunnel Laboratory --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1 --- Muon Spectrum at Sea level --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2 --- Simulation of Muon Propagation through Rock --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3 --- Estimation of Expected Event Rate for the Muon Tracker --- p.28 / Chapter 3 --- Neutron Detector Simulation --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1 --- Simulation Parameters --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2 --- Energy Response --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3 --- Energy Resolution --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4 --- Neutron Drift Distance and Capture Efficiency --- p.40 / Chapter 3.5 --- Neutron Detection Efficiency --- p.42 / Chapter 3.6 --- Photons Arrival Time --- p.45 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Cobalt-60 Source --- p.45 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- LED --- p.47 / Chapter 4 --- Simulation of Muon-induced Neutron Background --- p.49 / Chapter 4.1 --- Review on Muon-induced Neutron Simulations --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Methodology --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Results in the Literature --- p.52 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Simulation of Muon-induced Neutrons in GdLS --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2 --- Full Monte Carlo Simulation of Expected Neutron Rate --- p.64 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Simulation Details --- p.65 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Results --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3 --- Estimation of the Expected Neutron Rate using Parameterization from Monte Carlo Simulations --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Simulation Details --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Results --- p.69 / Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.71 / Chapter 5 --- Future Work --- p.72 / Chapter 5.1 --- Neutrons from Rock Radioactivity --- p.72 / Chapter 5.2 --- Muon-induced Neutrons from Rock --- p.73 / Chapter 5.3 --- Variation of Muon flux --- p.73 / Bibliography --- p.74
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326493 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | Luk, Wing Hong Antony., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 77 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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