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Title: Performance tests of boron-coated straw detectors with thermal and cold neutron beams

Abstract

Prototypes of in-house developed boron-coated straw (BCS) detectors have been tested in the thermal and cold neutron energy ranges. Their neutron detection performance has been benchmarked against the industry standard (detector tubes filled with 3He gas). The tests show that the BCS detectors perform near their theoretical limit regarding the detection efficiency, which is adequate for scientific instruments in the cold neutron energy range. Finally, the BCS detectors perform on par with 3He tubes in terms of signal to noise and timing resolution, and superior regarding longitudinal spatial resolution.

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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Proportional Technologies Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1607006
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1578122
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; SC0009615
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 953; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; neutron detection methods; neutron scattering; neutron spectroscopy

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Ehlers, Georg, Athanasiades, Athanasios, Sun, Liang, Martin, Christopher, and Regmi, Murari. Performance tests of boron-coated straw detectors with thermal and cold neutron beams. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.163238.
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Ehlers, Georg, Athanasiades, Athanasios, Sun, Liang, Martin, Christopher, & Regmi, Murari. Performance tests of boron-coated straw detectors with thermal and cold neutron beams. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163238
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Ehlers, Georg, Athanasiades, Athanasios, Sun, Liang, Martin, Christopher, and Regmi, Murari. Fri . "Performance tests of boron-coated straw detectors with thermal and cold neutron beams". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163238. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1607006.
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@article{osti_1607006,
title = {Performance tests of boron-coated straw detectors with thermal and cold neutron beams},
author = {Ehlers, Georg and Athanasiades, Athanasios and Sun, Liang and Martin, Christopher and Regmi, Murari},
abstractNote = {Prototypes of in-house developed boron-coated straw (BCS) detectors have been tested in the thermal and cold neutron energy ranges. Their neutron detection performance has been benchmarked against the industry standard (detector tubes filled with 3He gas). The tests show that the BCS detectors perform near their theoretical limit regarding the detection efficiency, which is adequate for scientific instruments in the cold neutron energy range. Finally, the BCS detectors perform on par with 3He tubes in terms of signal to noise and timing resolution, and superior regarding longitudinal spatial resolution.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2019.163238},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 953,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {12}
}
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