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The Beam Instrumentation group at CERN has developed a new scintillating fibre beam monitor for the measurement of secondary particle beams in the CERN Experimental Areas. The monitor has a simple design that stands out for its low material…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-29 I. Ortega , L. Fosse , J. Franchi , A. Frassier , J. Fullerton , J. Kral , J. Lauener , T. Schneider , G. Tranquille

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

We review detector technologies which are currently considered for ultimate nucleon decay searches, new generation astrophysical neutrinos studies, and for future long-baseline neutrino experiments at new high-intensity neutrino beam…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Rubbia

In this paper we report on a high current density ion beam profile diagnostics with a slit-based system as a reliable method, capable of high thermal load applications. The task arose in frames of a point-like neutron source development for…

The analysis of weak variations in the energetic particle flux, as detected by neutron or muon monitors, can often be considerably improved by analysing data from monitor networks and thereby exploiting the spatial coherence of the flux. We…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2008-07-29 T. Dudok de Wit , A. A. Chilingarian , G. G. Karapetyan

A prototype neutron detector has been created through modification to a commercial non-volatile flash memory device. Studies are being performed to modify this prototype into a purpose-built device with greater performance and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-18 Tim Hossain , Clayton Fullwood , Will Flanagan , Peter Hedlesky , John Rabaey , Steven Block , Aidan Medcalf , Tracy Tipping

A neutron radiography testing station has been developed exploiting the neutron beam of CERN's n\_TOF Experimental Area 2, located at the shortest distance to the neutron producing-target. The characteristics of the n\_TOF neutron beam for…

The performance of a particle detector derived from nitride read-only memory (NROM) technology is evaluated, with immediate applications in space-based heavy ion radiation monitoring and detection. Irradiation exposures are performed using…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-17 Dale Julson , Will Flanagan , Mike Youngs , Aidan Medcalf , Benedict Anderson , Sharanya Palit , Tim Hossain

We show data from a new type of detector that can be used to determine neutron flux, energy distribution, and direction of neutron motion for both fast and thermal neutrons. Many neutron detectors are plagued by large backgrounds from…

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…

Many types of neutron spectrometer use a conventional primary spectrometer consisting of some collimator, a crystal monochromator and a second collimator. Conventional resolution descriptions use instrument parameter values to deduce the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-21 Leo D. Cussen

We report the design and test results of a beam monitor developed for online monitoring in hadron therapy. The beam monitor uses eight silicon pixel sensors, \textit{Topmetal-${II}^-$}, as the anode array. \textit{Topmetal-${II}^-$} is a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-20 Zhen Wang , Shuguang Zou , Yan Fan , Jun Liu , Xiangming Sun , Dong Wang , Huili Kang , Daming Sun , Ping Yang , Hua Pei , Guangming Huang , Nu Xu , Chaosong Gao , Le Xiao

We have developed a neutron imaging sensor based on an INTPIX4-SOI pixelated silicon device. Neutron irradiation tests are performed at several neutron facilities to investigate sensor's responses for neutrons. Detection efficiency is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-04 Y. Kamiya , T. Miyoshi , H. Iwase , T. Inada , A. Mizushima , Y. Mita , K. Shimazoe , H. Tanaka , I. Kurachi , Y. Arai

Over the last decades, the field of thermal neutron detection has overwhelmingly employed He-3-based technologies. The He-3 crisis together with the forthcoming establishment of the European Spallation Source have necessitated the…

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

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 demand for new thermal neutron detectors as an alternative to 3He tubes in research, industrial, safety and homeland security applications, is growing. These needs have triggered research and development activities about new generations…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-09 Paolo Finocchiaro , Luigi Cosentino , Sergio Lo Meo , Ralf Nolte , Desiree Radeck

Here we present the thermal neutron counter from the ELI Gamma Above Neutron Threshold setup at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics. We describe the mechanical design of the setup, the properties of the ${}^{3}$He gas…

Proposed low energy beta beam facilities would be capable of producing intense beams of neutrinos (anti-neutrinos) with well defined spectra. We present analytic expressions and numerical results which accurately show how the total neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Philip S. Amanik , Gail C. McLaughlin

The principle of operation, design, registration system and main characteristics of a fast neutrons spectrometer are described. The spectrometer is intended for direct measurements of ultra low fluxes of fast neutrons. It is sensitive to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-09-25 J. N. Abdurashitov , V. N. Gavrin , A. V. Kalikhov , A. A. Shikhin , V. E. Yants , O. S. Zaborsky