Continuous measurement of secondary neutrons from cosmic radiation at mountain altitudes and close to the north pole--a discussion in terms of H*(10)

• Published in: Radiation Protection Dosimetry
• Main Authors: Rühm, W., Mares, V., Pioch, C., Simmer, G., Weitzenegger, E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2009
• Subjects: Articles; Fluka; North Pole; Ny-Ålesund; Ny Ålesund; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/136/4/256; https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncp161

Two Bonner sphere spectrometers (BSSs) have recently been installed to measure secondary neutrons from cosmic radiation continuously, one at the environmental research station ‘Schneefernerhaus’ at an altitude of 2650 m in Germany and the other at the Koldewey station close to the North Pole in Ny-Å...