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Study of a high spatial resolution B-10-based thermal neutron detector for application in neutron reflectometry: the Multi-Blade prototype

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Author

  • F. Piscitelli
  • J. C. Buffet
  • J. F. Clergeau
  • S. Cuccaro
  • B. Guerard
  • Anton Khaplanov
  • Q. La Manna
  • J. M. Rigal
  • P. Van Esch

Summary, in English

Although for large area detectors it is crucial to find an alternative to detect thermal neutrons because of the He-3 shortage, this is not the case for small area detectors. Neutron scattering science is still growing its instruments' power and the neutron flux a detector must tolerate is increasing. For small area detectors the main effort is to expand the detectors' performances. At Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) we developed the Multi-Blade detector which wants to increase the spatial resolution of He-3-based detectors for high flux applications. We developed a high spatial resolution prototype suitable for neutron reflectometry instruments. It exploits solid B-10-films employed in a proportional gas chamber. Two prototypes have been constructed at ILL and the results obtained on our monochromatic test beam line are presented here.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Publication/Series

Journal of Instrumentation

Volume

9

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Topic

  • Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation

Keywords

  • fast neutrons)
  • thermal
  • Neutron detectors (cold
  • Gaseous detectors

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1748-0221