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. 2015 Oct 27;308:773–780. doi: 10.1007/s10967-015-4567-6

Table 2.

The comparison of the integral count rates in the energy range of 7–2734 keV in several European underground experimental sites, as seen by the HPGe detectors

Location Boulby Gran Sasso Modane Sieroszowice
Portable REGe spectrometer Low-background HPGe spectrometer Portable HPGe spectrometer
Count rate (s−1) 6.5–28 (several locations) 8–60 (several locations) 15–108 (several locations) 5.79 (1) 3.92 (1) 1.95 (2)a
Source [9] [10] [11] This study This study [6]
Detector type HPGe, p-type HPGe, p-type HPGe, p-type HPGe, n-type HPGe, n-type HPGe, p-type
Relative efficiency (%) 32 32 32 40 25 30

aDifferent measuring range (40–2700 keV) and detector endcap (without carbon-composite entrance window)