Neutron flux spectrum revealed by Nb-based current-biased kinetic inductance detector with a B conversion layer

B変換層を用いたNbベース電流バイアス運動インダクタンス検出器により測定した中性子束スペクトル

宮嶋 茂之*; 宍戸 寛明*; 鳴神 吉人*; 吉岡 直人*; 藤巻 朗*; 日高 睦夫*; 及川 健一   ; 原田 正英   ; 奥 隆之   ; 新井 正敏*; 石田 武和*

Miyajima, Shigeyuki*; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Narukami, Yoshito*; Yoshioka, Naohito*; Fujimaki, Akira*; Hidaka, Mutsuo*; Oikawa, Kenichi; Harada, Masahide; Oku, Takayuki; Arai, Masatoshi*; Ishida, Takekazu*

We successfully derived the time-dependent flux of pulsed neutrons using a superconducting Nb-based current biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) with a B conversion layer at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. Our CB-KID is a meander line made of a 40-nm-thick Nb thin film with 1-m line width, which is covered with a 150-nm-thick B conversion layer. The detector works at a temperature below 4 K. The evaluated detection efficiency of the CB-KID in this experiment is 0.23% at the neutron energy of 25.4 meV. The time-dependent flux spectra of pulsed neutrons thus obtained are in good agreement with the results obtained by the Monte Carlo simulations.