Measurement of secondary cosmic-ray neutrons near the geomagnetic North Pole.

Measurement of secondary cosmic-ray neutrons near the geomagnetic North Pole.

Woolf, Richard S;Sinclair, Laurel E;Van Brabant, Reid A;Harvey, Bradley J A;Phlips, Bernard F;Hutcheson, Anthony L;Jackson, Emily G;
Journal of environmental radioactivity 2019 Vol. 198 pp. 189-199
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Abstract

The spectrum of cosmogenic neutrons at Earth's surface covers a wide energy range, from thermal to several GeV. The flux of secondary neutrons varies with latitude, elevation, solar activity, and nearby material, including ground moisture. We report the results from a campaign to measure count rates in neutron detectors responding to three different energy ranges conducted near the geomagnetic North Pole at CFS Alert, Nunavut, Canada (82.5°N, 62.5°W; vertical geomagnetic cutoff rigidity, R = 0 GV) in June of 2016. In November 2016, we performed a follow-on measurement campaign in southern Canada at similar R (1.5 GV) and elevations. We conducted these measurements, at varying elevation and ground moisture content, with unmoderated and moderated He detectors for thermal and epithermal-to-MeV sensitivity, and with EJ-299-33 pulse shape discrimination plastic scintillator detectors for fast neutrons. Background gamma rays were monitored with NaI(Tl) detectors. Using these data sets, we compared the measured count rates to a predictive model. This is the first ever data set taken from this location on Earth. We find that for the thermal and epithermal-to-MeV neutron measurements the predictive model and data are in good agreement, except at one location on rock-covered ground near 1 km elevation. The discrepancy at that location may be attributable to ground moisture variability. Other measurements, during this campaign and prior, support the assertion that ground moisture plays a critical role in determining neutron flux.

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