Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: A novel type of fast-neutron (energy E n >1 MeV) counter is presented. It is made of a fissionable natural-uranium foil faced to an intrinsic single-crystal diamond that detects the neutron-induced fission fragments escaping the uranium sheet. The fast response of the diamond is a key feature for its use at pulsed spallation neutron sources for applications in beam monitoring and spectrum measurements with mm spatial resolution. This is an important issue to be addressed in the development of beam lines dedicated to the investigation of the so-called single-event effects in electronics, such as the ChipIr instrument designed for the ISIS spallation source in the UK. Tests of the device at the ROTAX beam line at ISIS have shown its potentiality for the proposed application.
Source: Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Language: English
Subfield: Radiation
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Award: G3830645260
OpenAlex ID: W2092332005