• DocumentCode
    1413849
  • Title

    First Measurements of the Inclined Boron Layer Thermal-Neutron Detector for Reflectometry

  • Author

    van Vuure, T.L. ; Ankner, J.F. ; Browning, J.F. ; Clonts, L.G. ; Crow, M.L. ; Cooper, R.G. ; Remec, I. ; Richards, J.D. ; Riedel, R.A. ; Robertson, J.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., Oak Ridge, TN, USA
  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    323
  • Lastpage
    327
  • Abstract
    A prototype detector based on the inclined boron layer principle is introduced. For typical measurement conditions at the Liquids Reflectometer at the Spallation Neutron Source, its count rate capability is shown to be superior to that of the current detector by nearly two orders of magnitude.
  • Keywords
    boron; neutron detection; position sensitive particle detectors; reflectometers; count rate capability; inclined boron layer principle; liquid reflectometer; position-sensitive multi-wire proportional counter; spallation neutron source; thermal-neutron detector; Boron; Current measurement; Government; Instruments; Liquids; Neutrons; Position sensitive particle detectors; Prototypes; Reflectometry; Spatial resolution; Boron; neutron detectors; position sensitive particle detectors; reflectometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2009.2036913
  • Filename
    5409989
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1413849