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The 3He-based neutron detectors are no longer the default solution for neutron scattering applications. Both the inability of fulfilling the requirements in performance, needed for the new instruments, and the shortage of 3He, drove a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-13 Giacomo Mauri , Francesco Messi , Kalliopi Kanaki , Richard Hall-Wilton , Francesco Piscitelli

The reliable detection of neutrons in a harsh gamma-ray environment is an important aspect of establishing non-destructive methods for the characterization of spent nuclear fuel. In this study, we present results from extended in-situ…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-10-22 Hanno Perrey , Linus Ros , Mikael Elfman , Ulrika Bäckström , Per Kristiansson , Anders Sjöland

The neutron background spectrum from thermal neutron to 20 MeV fast neutron was measured at the first experimental hall of China Jinping underground laboratory with a Bonner multi-sphere spectrometer. The measurement system was validated by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-26 Qingdong Hu , Hao Ma , Zhi Zeng , Jianping Cheng , Yunhua Chen , Shenming He , Junli Li , Manbin Shen , Shiyong Wu , Qian Yue , Jianfeng Yue , Hui Zhang

The characterization of a liquid scintillator incorporating an aqueous solution of enriched lithium chloride to produce a scintillator with 0.40% Li-6 is presented, including the performance of the scintillator in terms of its optical…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-04-23 C. D. Bass , E. J. Beise , H. Breuer , C. R. Heimbach , T. Langford , J. S. Nico

One of our two methods for fast-neutron imaging with spectrometric capability is presented here. It is a neutron-counting technique based on a hydrogenous neutron converter coupled to Gaseous Electron Multipliers (GEM). The principles of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-10 V. Dangendorf , A. Breskin , R. Chechik , M. Goldberg , G. Laczko , I. Mor , M. Reginatto , D. Vartsky

In this study, we have developed a new sub-MeV neutron detector that has a high position resolution, energy resolution, directional sensitivity, and low background. The detector is based on a super-fine-grained nuclear emulsion, called the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-01 T. Shiraishi , I. Todoroki , T. Naka , A. Umemoto , R. Kobayashi , O. Sato

We report on the development of a fast neutron detector using a liquid scintillator doped with enriched Li-6. The lithium was introduced in the form of an aqueous LiCl micro-emulsion with a di-isopropylnaphthalene-based liquid scintillator.…

Knowledge of $\nu_e$-$\mathrm{Fe}/\mathrm{Pb}$ differential cross sections for $\nu_e$ energy below several tens of MeV scale is believed to be crucial in understanding Supernova physics. In a segmented detector at Spallation Neutrino…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-30 Zhenwei Yang , Mingming Ding , Shaomin Chen , Zhe Wang , Feng Zhang , Yuanning Gao

Absolute measurements of neutron fluence are an essential prerequisite of neutron-induced cross section measurements, neutron beam lines characterization and dosimetric investigations. The H(n,p) elastic scattering cross section is a very…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-05 Paola Marini , Ludovic Mathieu , Mourad Aïche , Serge Czajkowski , Beatriz Jurado , Igor Tsekhanovich

The study of the neutron response and n-gamma discrimination for small (18x26x8) mm3 liquid scintillator BC501A (Bicron) detector was carried out by digital charge comparison method. Three ranges of neutron energies were used: uniform…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-08-16 J. Černý , Z. Doležal , M. P. Ivanov , E. S. Kuzmin , J. Švejda , I. Wilhelm

We report a novel neutron-detection approach employing an EJ-309 liquid scintillator surrounded by six 3He proportional counters. Tests were performed at the FRANZ facility of the Goethe-University Frankfurt using the 7Li(p,n0)7Be reaction,…

The feasibility of performing fast neutron resonance radiography at the PTB accelerator facility is studied. A neutron beam of a broad spectral distribution is produced by a pulsed 13 MeV deuterium beam hitting a thick Be target. The…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Dangendorf , G. Laczko , C. Kersten , O. Jagutzki , U. Spillmann

Detailed characterization of the newly available plastic scintillator (EJ-299-33A) having the pulse shape discrimination (PSD) property has been carried out in case of a large-sized detector (5 in.$\times$5 in.). The pulse height response…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-08 Pratap Roy , K. Banerjee , A. K. Saha , C. Bhattacharya , J. K. Meenaa , P. Bhaskar , S. Mukhopadhyay , S. Bhattacharya

Conceiving the possibility of using plastic scintillator bars as robust detectors for antineutrino detection for the remote reactor monitoring and nuclear safeguard application we study expected basic performance by Monte Carlo simulation.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-20 A. Sh. Georgadze , V. M. Pavlovych , O. A. Ponkratenko , D. A. Litvinov

A novel large volume spherical proportional counter, recently developed, is used for neutron measurements. Gas mixtures of $N_{2}$ with $C_{2}H_{6}$ and pure $N_{2}$ are studied for thermal and fast neutron detection, providing a new way…

Neutron energy spectrum measurements from a solid methane moderator were performed at the Low Energy Neutron Source (LENS) at Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) to verify our neutron scattering model of solid methane. The…

In the field of neutron scattering science, a large variety of instruments require detectors for thermal and cold neutrons. Helium-3 has been one of the main actors in thermal and cold neutron detection for many years. Nowadays neutron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-21 Francesco Piscitelli , Giacomo Mauri , Alessio Laloni , Richard Hall-Wilton

Two generations of a novel detector for high-resolution transmission imaging and spectrometry of fast-neutrons are presented. These devices are based on a hydrogenous fiber scintillator screen and single- or multiple-gated intensified…

A new instrument for high resolution imaging of fast-neutrons is presented here. It is designed for energy selective radiography in nanosecond-pulsed broad-energy (1 - 10 MeV) neutron beams. The device presented here is based on hydrogenous…

We have designed and tested a large-area (0.15~m$^2$) neutron detector based on neutron capture on \ce{^{6}Li}. The neutron detector design has been optimized for the purpose of tagging the scattering angle of keV-scale neutrons. These…