Miniature Neutron Spectrometer for Space

C. Potiriadis; I. Kazas; C. Papadimitropoulos; C. P. Lambropoulos

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/14/11/C11029

Miniature Neutron Spectrometer for Space

Instrumentation and Detectors 2020-01-29 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Authors: C. Potiriadis , I. Kazas , C. Papadimitropoulos , C. P. Lambropoulos

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Abstract

MIDAS is a miniature detector developed with purpose to assess the radiation field parameters near to an astronaut. Part of the device is a spectrometer for fast neutrons. In missions outside the geomagnetic field, fast neutrons are secondary products of the interaction of Galactic Cosmic Ray heavy ions with the materials in the spaceship or even the astronaut body. The Relative Biological Effectiveness of fast neutrons is high. The neutron spectrometer first prototype has been developed, calibrated and used for measuring 252Cf spectra.

Keywords

neutron detection space missions and instrumentation astronomical instrumentation and telescopes

Cite

@article{arxiv.1911.03885,
  title  = {Miniature Neutron Spectrometer for Space},
  author = {C. Potiriadis and I. Kazas and C. Papadimitropoulos and C. P. Lambropoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.03885},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

IWORID 2019 Conference proceedings, accepted for publication to JINST

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