Boron-10 lined RPCs for sub-millimeter resolution thermal neutron detectors: Conceptual design and performance considerations

L. M. S. Margato; A. Morozov

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/13/08/P08007

Boron-10 lined RPCs for sub-millimeter resolution thermal neutron detectors: Conceptual design and performance considerations

Instrumentation and Detectors 2018-08-29 v1

Authors: L. M. S. Margato , A. Morozov

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Abstract

A novel concept for position-sensitive thermal neutron detectors based on thin-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) lined with a neutron converter layer is presented and its feasibility is discussed. Several detector architectures implementing a stack of RPCs in multilayer and inclined geometries are introduced. The results of a Monte Carlo simulation study are presented demonstrating the effect of the main detector design parameters on the expected detection efficiency and spatial resolution.

Keywords

thermal neutron detectors resistive plate chambers boron-10 Monte Carlo simulation detection efficiency spatial resolution

Cite

@article{arxiv.1806.07167,
  title  = {Boron-10 lined RPCs for sub-millimeter resolution thermal neutron detectors: Conceptual design and performance considerations},
  author = {L. M. S. Margato and A. Morozov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.07167},
  year   = {2018}
}

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