Neutron detector characterization for SCINTIA array

Author

Matei, Catalin ; Hambsch, Franz-Josef ; Oberstedt, Stephan

Author_Institution

Inst. for Reference Mater. & Meas., EC-JRC, Geel, Belgium

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

SCINTIA is a new detector array of organic scintillators under development at the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM). The present design of SCINTIA includes NE213, p-terphenyl and Li glass neutron detectors positioned in a spherical configuration around the target. The properties of a novel p-terphenyl neutron detector to be used with SCINTIA have been investigated using photon sources and neutrons from a time tagged ²⁵²Cf(sf) source. The results show that the p-terphenyl crystal has better energy resolution, increased proton light output and neutron efficiency when compared to a similar size NE213 equivalent neutron detector.

Keywords

neutron detection; solid scintillation detectors; Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements; Li glass neutron detector; SCINTIA array; neutron detector characterization; neutron efficiency; organic scintillators; p-terphenyl crystal; p-terphenyl neutron detector; proton light output; spherical configuration; time tagged ²⁵²Cf(sf) source; Crystals; Detectors; Energy resolution; Image edge detection; Neutrons; Photonics; Protons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2011 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ghent

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0925-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2011.6172863

Filename

6172863