• DocumentCode
    1555589
  • Title

    Experimental Measurements of the Cosmic-Ray Induced Neutron Spectra at Various Mountain Altitudes With HERMEIS

  • Author

    Cheminet, A. ; Lacoste, V. ; Hubert, G. ; Boscher, D. ; Boyer, D. ; Poupeney, J.

  • Author_Institution
    ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab, Toulouse, France
  • Volume
    59
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1722
  • Lastpage
    1730
  • Abstract
    Measurements performed with the High Energy Range Multisphere Extended IRSN System (HERMEIS) acquired by the French Aerospace Lab are presented and discussed. The detectors were calibrated at the Low Noise Underground Laboratory of Rustrel. Atmospheric neutron spectra were obtained at three altitudes ( {+}500 m, {+}1000 m and {+}2885 m) and the first results about the continuous measurements of the Natural Radiative Environment at the Pic du Midi are presented with a discussion about the uncertainties.
  • Keywords
    Atmospheric measurements; Detectors; Helium; Neutrons; Noise; Sea measurements; Uncertainty; Bonner sphere spectrometer; cosmic-ray induced neutrons; high energy; mountain altitude; natural radiative environment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2012.2201500
  • Filename
    6236252