Characterization of the ambient background in the RED-100 experiment location at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

/ Authors

D. Akimov, I. Alexandrov, V. Belov, A. Bolozdynya, A. Etenko, A. Galavanov, Y. Gusakov, A. Khromov, A. Konovalov, V. Kornoukhov

and 12 more authors

A. Kovalenko, E. Kozlova, A. Kumpan, B.O. Lavrov, A. Lukyashin, A. Pinchuk, O. Razuvaeva, D. Rudik, A. Shakirov, G. Simakov, V. Sosnovtsev, A. A. Vasin

/ Abstract

The RED-100 experiment with a liquid xenon target was carried out at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant. The goal of the experiment is the detection and study of the coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering process (CEνNS) for the low-energy antineutrinos in close vicinity to a reactor core. A good understanding of the external radioactive background is needed to achieve this goal. This paper describes the external background conditions for the RED-100 experiment at Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant.

Journal: Journal of Instrumentation

DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/12/P12002