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Two-dimensional thermal neutron detector

  • Proceedings of the International Conference “Nucleus-2007” on the Fundamental Problems of Nuclear Physics, Atomic Power Engineering, and Nuclear Technologies (LVII International Conference on Nuclear Spectroscopy and Atomic Nuclear Structure
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A two-dimensional thermal neutron detector for neutron diffraction experiments has been developed and designed at the St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. The detector is based on a multiwire proportional chamber with cathode-strip delay line readout. The detector aperture is 170 × 300 mm2 and the anode wire spacing is 4 mm. The chamber is filled with a 1.5 atm 3He + 2 atm CF4 gas mixture. To conserve high purity of the gas mixture, all electrodes are made of quartz glass. The spatial resolution of the detector is 2.5 mm and the detection efficiency is 60% for 9 Å neutrons.

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  1. St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188350, Russia

    V. A. Andreev, E. A. Ivanov, D. S. Ilyin, S. N. Kovalenko, A. G. Krivshich, A. V. Nadtochy & V. V. Runov

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Correspondence to D. S. Ilyin.

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Andreev, E.A. Ivanov, D.S. Ilyin, S.N. Kovalenko, A.G. Krivshich, A.V. Nadtochy, V.V. Runov, 2008, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2008, Vol. 72, No. 7, pp. 1059–1063.

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Andreev, V.A., Ivanov, E.A., Ilyin, D.S. et al. Two-dimensional thermal neutron detector. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 72, 1001–1004 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873808070344

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