%0 Journal Article
%T Neutron background in large-scale xenon detectors for dark matter searches
%A M. J. Carson
%A J. C. Davies
%A E. Daw
%A R. J. Hollingworth
%A V. A. Kudryavtsev
%A T. B. Lawson
%A P. K. Lightfoot
%A J. E. McMillan
%A B. Morgan
%A S. M. Paling
%A M. Robinson
%A N. J. C. Spooner
%A D. R. Tovey
%J Physics
%D 2004
%I arXiv
%R 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2004.05.001
%X Simulations of the neutron background for future large-scale particle dark matter detectors are presented. Neutrons were generated in rock and detector elements via spontaneous fission and (alpha,n) reactions, and by cosmic-ray muons. The simulation techniques and results are discussed in the context of the expected sensitivity of a generic liquid xenon dark matter detector. Methods of neutron background suppression are investigated. A sensitivity of $10^{-9}-10^{-10}$ pb to WIMP-nucleon interactions can be achieved by a tonne-scale detector.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0404042v1