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Neutron imaging is one of the key technologies for non-destructive transmission testing. Recent progress in the development of intensive neutron sources allows us to perform energy-resolved neutron imaging with high spatial resolution.…

A new approach to the production and detection of bound neutron clusters is presented. The technique is based on the breakup of beams of very neutron-rich nuclei and the subsequent detection of the recoiling proton in a liquid scintillator.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-07 F. M. Marques , M. Labiche , N. A. Orr

Beam monitoring and evaluation are very important to boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), and a variety of detectors have been developed for these applications. However, most of the detectors used in BNCT only have a small detection area,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-06-14 Zhujun Fang , Zhiyong Zhang , Bin Shi , Wei Jiang , Xianke Liu , Siqi He , Jun Chen , Ping Cao , Jianbei Liu , Yi Zhou , Ming Shao , Botian Qu , Shufeng Zhang , Qian Wang

This paper reports on the device processing and characterization of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) based solid-state thermal neutron detectors, where hBN thickness varied from 2.5 to 15 microns. These natural hBN epilayers (with 19.9% B-10)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-13 Kawser Ahmed , Rajendra Dahal , Adam Weltz , James J. -Q. Lu , Yaron Danon , Ishwara B. Bhat

Thermal neutron detectors are crucial to a wide range of applications, including nuclear safety and security, cancer treatment, space research, non-destructive testing, and more. However, neutrons are notoriously difficult to capture due to…

An optimized design of a neutron detector based on timing RPCs (Resistive Plate Chambers) with boron-10 neutron converters is presented. The detector is composed of a stack of ten double gap RPCs with aluminium cathode plates coated on both…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-03 L. M. S. Margato , G. Canezin , A. Morozov , A. Blanco , J. Saraiva , L. Lopes , P. Fonte

We propose the first truly directional antineutrino detector for antineutrinos above the hydrogen inverse beta decay (IBD) threshold, with potential applications including monitoring for nuclear nonproliferation, spatially mapping…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-05 Benjamin R. Safdi , Burkhant Suerfu

The Helium-3 shortage and the growing interest in neutron science constitute a driving factor in developing new neutron detection technologies. In this work, we report the development of a double-GEM detector prototype that uses a…

Noble liquid radiation detectors have long been afflicted by spurious electron emission from their cathodic electrodes. This phenomenon must be understood and mitigated in the next generation of liquid xenon (LXe) experiments searching for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-29 A. Tomás , H. M. Araújo , A. J. Bailey , A. Bayer , E. Chen , B. López Paredes , T. J. Sumner

A new high-precision detector for studying neutrons from beta-delayed neutron emission and direct reaction studies is proposed. The Neutron dEtector with Xn Tracking (NEXT) array is designed to maintain high intrinsic neutron detection…

A Monte Carlo simulation-based optimization of a multilayer 10B-RPC thermal neutron detector is performed targeting an increase in the counting rate capability while maintaining high (>50%) detection efficiency for thermal neutrons. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-22 A. Morozov , L. M. S. Margato , I. Stefanescu

Due to the Helium-3 crisis, alternatives to the standard neutron detection techniques are becoming urgent. In addition, the instruments of the European Spallation Source (ESS) require advances in the state of the art of neutron detection.…

The innermost part of the tracking detector of the ATLAS experiment consists mainly of planar n$^+$-in-n silicon pixel sensors. During the phase-0 upgrade, the Insertable B-Layer (IBL) was installed closest to the beam pipe. Its pixels are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-21 A. Gisen , S. Altenheiner , C. Gößling , M. Grothe , R. Klingenberg , K. Kröninger , J. Lönker , M. Weers , T. Wittig , F. Wizemann

The European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden will become the world's leading neutron source for the study of materials. The instruments are being selected from conceptual proposals submitted by groups from around Europe. These…

A gas electron multiplier (GEM) detector with a gadolinium cathode has been developed to explore its potential application as a neutron detector. It consists of three standard-sized ($10\times 10$ cm${}^{2}$) GEM foils and a thin gadolinium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-07 DongHyun Song , Kyungeon Choi , Youngun Jeng , Yechan Kang , Jason Sang Hun Lee , Inkyu Park , Sunyoung Yoo

The high-luminosity high-energy Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) to be built at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) will provide a clean environment to study several fundamental questions in the high energy and nuclear physics fields. A high…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-09 Xuan Li

A new thermal neutron detector with the domestically produced THGEM (THick Gas Electron Multiplier) was developed as an alternative to 3He to meet the needs of the next generation of neutron facilities. One type of Au-coated THGEM was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-08-06 Yang Lei , Zhou Jian-Rong , Sun Zhi-Jia , Zhang Ying , Huang Chao-Qiang , Sun Guang-Ai , Wang Yan-Feng , Yang Gui-An , Xu Hong , Xie Yu-Guang , Chen Yuan-Bo

We report on the development of commercially fabricated multi-chroic antenna coupled Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometer arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimetry experiments. CMB polarimetry experiments have deployed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Aritoki Suzuki , Chris Bebek , Maurice Garcia-Sciveres , Stephen Holland , Akito Kusaka , Adrian T. Lee , Nicholas Palaio , Natalie Roe , Leo Steinmetz

Multilayer position-sensitive 10B-RPC thermal neutron detectors offer an attractive combination of sub-millimeter spatial resolution and high (>50%) detection efficiency. Here we describe a new position reconstruction method based on a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-01 A. Morozov , L. M. S. Margato , V. Solovov , A. Blanco , J. Saraiva , T. Wilpert , K. Zeitelhack , K. Roemer , C. Höglund , L. Robinson , R. Hall-Wilton

Position sensitive detectors based on gaseous scintillation proportional counters with Anger-type readout are being used in several research areas such as neutron detection, search for dark matter and neutrinoless double beta decay. Design…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 L. Pereira , L. M. S. Margato , A. Morozov , V. Solovov , F. A. F. Fraga