000097194 001__ 97194 000097194 005__ 20230914083300.0 000097194 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/universe6100162 000097194 0248_ $$2sideral$$a120960 000097194 037__ $$aART-2020-120960 000097194 041__ $$aeng 000097194 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6948-5101$$aCebrián, S.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000097194 245__ $$aCosmogenic activation in double beta decay experiments 000097194 260__ $$c2020 000097194 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000097194 5203_ $$aDouble beta decay is a very rare nuclear process and, therefore, experiments intended to detect it must be operated deep underground and in ultra-low background conditions. Long-lived radioisotopes produced by the previous exposure of materials to cosmic rays on the Earth’s surface or even underground can become problematic for the required sensitivity. Here, the studies developed to quantify and reduce the activation yields in detectors and materials used in the set-up of these experiments will be reviewed, considering target materials like germanium, tellurium and xenon together with other ones commonly used like copper, lead, stainless steel or argon. Calculations following very different approaches and measurements from irradiation experiments using beams or directly cosmic rays will be considered for relevant radioisotopes. The effect of cosmogenic activation in present and future double beta decay projects based on different types of detectors will be analyzed too. 000097194 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000097194 590__ $$a2.278$$b2020 000097194 591__ $$aPHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS$$b16 / 29 = 0.552$$c2020$$dQ3$$eT2 000097194 591__ $$aASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS$$b35 / 68 = 0.515$$c2020$$dQ3$$eT2 000097194 592__ $$a0.827$$b2020 000097194 593__ $$aPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)$$c2020$$dQ2 000097194 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000097194 7102_ $$12004$$2390$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Teórica$$cÁrea Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. 000097194 773__ $$g6, 10 (2020), 162 [38 pp]$$pUniverse (Basel)$$tUniverse$$x2218-1997 000097194 8564_ $$s990072$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97194/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000097194 8564_ $$s491152$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97194/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000097194 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:97194$$particulos$$pdriver 000097194 951__ $$a2023-09-13-10:52:30 000097194 980__ $$aARTICLE