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We present the results of recent background measurements in the Gran Sasso Laboratory. The measurements were performed by a coincidence neutron spectrometer, allowing neutron identification by means of two different stages of pulse-amplitude analysis.
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Affatato, S., Bertin, A., Bruschi, M. et al. Neutron background determination in the Gran Sasso laboratory by means of a novel coincidence neutron spectrometer. Nuov Cim A 104, 437–445 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02799148
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