Production of selected cosmogenic radionuclides by muons : 1. Fast muons

Heisinger, B.; Lal, D.; Jull, A. J. T.; Kubik, P.; Ivy-Ochs, S.; Neumaier, Stefan; Knie, K.; Lazarev, V.; Nolte, E.

Zugriffsnummer	15596
Dokumenttyp	Zeitschriftenartikel
Sprache	Englisch
Titel	Production of selected cosmogenic radionuclides by muons : 1. Fast muons
Autor(in); Institution	Heisinger, B.; Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Physics, Garching, GERMANY Lal, D.; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA Jull, A. J. T.; University of Arizona, Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, USA Kubik, P.; Paul Scherrer Institute, c/o ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, SWITZERLAND Ivy-Ochs, S.; Paul Scherrer Institute, c/o ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, SWITZERLAND Neumaier, Stefan; 6.32, Dosimetrie in der Umwelt, PTB-Braunschweig Knie, K.; Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Physics, Garching, GERMANY Lazarev, V.; Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Physics, Garching, GERMANY Nolte, E.; Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Physics, Garching, GERMANY
Quelle/Jahr	Earth and Planetary Science Letters: 200 (2002), 345 - 355
ISSN	0012-821X
Verlag	Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier
Zusammenfassung	The production of radionuclides in the atmosphere and in the lithosphere by cosmic radiation is principally due to four reaction mechanisms: (i) energetic nuclear reactions of the nucleonic component, (ii) negative muon capture by the target nucleus, (iii) nuclear reactions of fast muons, (iv) nuclear reactions of neutrons originating from the above reactions and from both spontaneous fission of ²³⁸U and α decays of ^235.238U and ²³²Th. In recent years, muon produced radionuclides have gained considerable importance as tracers in geologic and geomorphologic processes, when depths deeper than a few meters are investigated or when high erosion or ablation rates are present. Examples of these applications are determinations of exposure ages, erosion and ablation rates of geologic surfaces, dating of groundwater, measurements of neutron fluences in Hiroshima and Nagasaki arising from the first atomic bombs, solar and reactor neutrino experiments, and dark matter searches.

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Heisinger, B., Lal, D., Jull, A. J. T., Kubik, P., Ivy-Ochs, S., Neumaier, S., Knie, K., Lazarev, V., & Nolte, E. (2002). Production of selected cosmogenic radionuclides by muons : 1. Fast muons. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 200, 345–355.

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