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As a possible design of a future geoneutrino detector, a KamLAND-type, monolithic, liquid scintillator detector with a thicker veto and a method for particle identification to reject neutron and 9Li background from cosmic-ray muon spallation is considered. Assuming such a detector, the possibility for geoneutrino observation at a depth of around 300 meters of water equivalent is investigated.
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Mitsui, T. (2006). Neutron Background and Possibility for Shallow Experiments. In: Dye, S.T. (eds) Neutrino Geophysics: Proceedings of Neutrino Sciences 2005. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70771-6_19
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