Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: A Monte Carlo simulation-based optimization of a multilayer 10 B-RPC thermal neutron detector is performed targeting an increase in the counting rate capability while maintaining high ({\textgreater}50%) detection efficiency for thermal neutrons. The converter layer thicknesses of individual RPCs are optimized for several configurations of a detector containing a stack of 10 double gap RPCs. The results suggest that it is possible to reach a counting rate which is by a factor of eight higher in comparison to the rate of a detector with only one double-gap RPC. The effect of neutron scattering inside the detector contributing to the background is analyzed and design modifications of the first detector prototype, tested at neutron beam, are suggested.
Source: Journal of Instrumentation
Authors: A. Morozov, L.M.S. Margato, I. Stefanescu
Institutions: University of Coimbra, European Spallation Source
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: European Commission
OpenAlex ID: W3004796121