Neutral-current background induced by atmospheric neutrinos at large liquid-scintillator detectors. I. Model predictions
Neutral-current background induced by atmospheric neutrinos at large liquid-scintillator detectors. I. Model predictions
The experimental searches for diffuse supernova neutrino background and proton decay in next-generation large liquid-scintillator (LS) detectors are competitive with and complementary to those in the water-Cherenkov detectors. In this paper, we carry out a systematic study of the dominant background induced by atmospheric neutrinos via their neutral-current (NC) interactions …