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Passive Background Shielding

Passive Background Shielding is a methodological approach in experimental physics and sensing technologies that reduces unwanted background signals by employing inert materials or structures to attenuate interfering radiation or noise without active intervention or energy input.

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579

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173

Authors

61

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the first run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Laboratory

D. S. Akerib, M. S. Armel‐Funkhouser, M. J. Attisha et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology · 2005 · 128 citations · Full text

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Shielding from cosmic radiation for interplanetary missions: Active and passive methods

M. Casolino, Marco Durante, R. Mueller‐Mellin et al. · Radiation Measurements · 2006 · 94 citations

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Magnetic Field Mapping and Correction for Moving OP-MEG

Stephanie Mellor, Tim M. Tierney, George C. O’Neill et al. · IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering · 2021 · 55 citations · Full text

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PIXE Simulation With Geant4

Maria Grazia Pia, G. Weidenspointner, M. Augelli et al. · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 2009 · 52 citations

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Low-background shielding of Ge detectors for the measurement of residual 152Eu radioactivity induced by neutrons from the Hiroshima atomic bomb

Kiyoshi Shizuma, Kenji Fukami, K. Iwatani et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · 1992 · 42 citations

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Authors

173

  1. RM
    Ryan M. Hill

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  2. RA
    Robert A. Seymour

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  3. NA
    Nicholas Alexander

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 70 citations

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  4. TG
    T. Geralis

    European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  5. SM
    Stephanie Mellor

    University College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 70 citations

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Institutions

61

  1. Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    14 publications

    490 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    16 publications

    560 citations

  3. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    199 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    16 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    16 publications

    560 citations

  6. Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    86 citations

  7. National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos"

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    86 citations

  8. Universidad de Antioquia

    Medellín, Colombia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

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Venues

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  2. Journal of Instrumentation

    JINST · 2 publications · 47 citations

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  3. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  4. Journal of Physics Conference Series

    2 publications · 32 citations

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  5. Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

    Repository · 1 publications · 17 citations

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