A Possibility of Detecting Fast Neutrons in a 10B Solid-gas Detector

Potashev, S. I.; Burmistrov, Yu. M.; Drachev, A. I.; Karaevsky, S. Kh.; Konobeevski, E. S.; Kasparov, A. A.; Meshkov, I. V.; Zuyev, S. V.; Afonin, A. I.; Марин, В. Н.; Пономарев, В. И.; Solodukhov, G. V.

doi:10.18502/ken.v3i1.1732

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“…The 4 He nucleus leaves less energy in the gas gap and causes the left peak in the spectrum. The 7 Li nucleus thus obtains enough energy to penetrate to the gap and leave a lot of energy in it [17]. Photoneutrons are produced on beryllium target.…”

Section: Fast Neutronsmentioning

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Hybrid boron-10 gaseous detector for slow and fast neutron simultaneous detection

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A hybrid position-sensitive neutron detector with active 10B-layer and proportional chamber filled by the gas mixture Ar+25%CO2 is being studied. The detector is used on the neutron source based at the linear accelerator. Recording two pairs of pulse heights which are produced in two gas gaps by 7Li and 4He nuclei between the anode and two cathodes gives a possibility to determine the X and Y neutron coordinates. This detector permits time-of-flight measurements. A significant difference in pulse height spectra for slow and fast (several MeV) neutrons was observed in experiment. In recent experiments with 10B-detector we found that (1) the pulse heights depend on the neutron energy and (2) the position of the maximum in the pulse height spectrum varies monotonically versus the maximum neutron energy.

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Section: Fast Neutronsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The neutron cross section on the 10 B nucleus has a very important feature, namely, that it sharply increases between 1 and 7 MeV up to ~1 b. Therefore, the 10 B-detector, unlike the 3 He-detector, can also be used as a fast neutron detector [17].…”

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confidence: 99%