Compact imaging system for GEM detectors

Author

Uchida, Tomohisa ; Ikeno, Masahiro ; Koike, Takahisa ; Miyama, Kouichi ; Murakami, Takeshi ; Nakano, Eiichi ; Ohwada, Hideki ; Sekimoto, Michiko ; Shoji, Masayoshi ; Tanaka, Manobu ; Uno, Shoji ; Wada, Masaki

Author_Institution

High Energy Accel. Res. Organ. (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010

Firstpage

1450

Lastpage

1453

Abstract

We have developed a compact imaging system for GEM detectors, which is applied to thermal neutron imaging. A GEM chamber and a readout board are integrated into one device. The detector is connected to a readout PC with Gigabit Ethernet. This system generates image data of 14.4K pixel from 240 signals employing strip readout method. We have measured performance of the developed system with a pulsed neutron source. A position resolution of 0.6 mm, a detection efficiency of about 30%, and the maximum detection rate of 11.9M event/sec have been obtained.

Keywords

ionisation chambers; neutron sources; nuclear electronics; radiation monitoring; readout electronics; GEM chamber; GEM detectors; compact imaging system; gas electron multiplier; gigabit ethernet; pulsed neutron source; radiation imaging systems; readout PC; readout board; strip readout method; thermal neutron imaging; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Imaging; Neutrons; Protocols; Pulse measurements; Strips;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9106-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874012

Filename

5874012