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Nakamura, Tatsuya; Katagiri, Masaki; Yamagishi, Hideshi; Tanaka, Hiroki; Sakasai, Kaoru; Soyama, Kazuhiko
Hamon, 15(1), p.67 - 73, 2005/01
Development of scintillating and gaseous neutron detectors in Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute is briefly described. In this paper, the performances of the developed 2-d neutron detectors, concerning ZnS/LiF scintillating detectors with wavelength shifting fiber read-out and micro-strip gas chambers with individual read-out, are presented.
Nakamura, Tatsuya; Yamagishi, Hideshi; Masaoka, Sei; Soyama, Kazuhiko; Aizawa, Kazuya
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 529(1-3), p.336 - 341, 2004/08
Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:40.37(Instruments & Instrumentation)A microstrip gas chamber (MSGC) with a capability of track discrimination for neutron detection was developed whilst ensuring the stability of the MSGC and fulfilling the specifications required for detectors using in high-flux reactors and high-intensity pulsed-neutron sources. The developed two-dimensional detector system comprises a MSGC with individual signal channel read-outs and a new instrument system with a capability of secondary-particle discrimination (InSPaD). The InSPaD identifies the particles -proton and triton- created in the nuclear reaction by a simple, fast and cost-effective method using the difference in the track length, and it enables a small amount of heavy gas such as
with helium-3 to be used as the filling gas whilst achieving a high spatial resolution.
Nakamura, Tatsuya; Katagiri, Masaki; Ukibe, Masahiro*; Ikeuchi, Takashi*; Okubo, Masataka*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 520(1-3), p.67 - 69, 2004/03
Times Cited Count:28 Percentile:83.54(Instruments & Instrumentation)We succeeded in detecting neutrons using superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) fabricated on a single crystal of LiB
O
. Neutrons are captured in the crystal by the nuclear reactions
Li + n
T+
+ 4.78 MeV and
B + n
Li +
+ 2.3 MeV, and generated phonons propagate in the absorber and are measured by the STJs. We selected a single crystal of Li
B
O
as the absorber material because of properties such as the large neutron cross-section of
Li and
B, low
-ray sensitivity, short particle range in the substrate, and fast phonon velocity. Series-connected or multiple STJs on the crystal would enable two-dimensional neutron imaging with high detection efficiency, low gamma-ray background, and a high spatial resolution of a few microns. We demonstrate neutron detection by the STJs and show their X-ray response and neutron detection. The correlation in pulse heights between two junctions located 1.3mm apart clearly indicates the possibility of neutron imaging.
Matsubayashi, Masahito; Kobayashi, Hisao*; Hibiki, Takashi*; Mishima, Kaichiro*
Nuclear Technology, 132(2), p.309 - 324, 2000/11
Times Cited Count:29 Percentile:83.67(Nuclear Science & Technology)no abstracts in English
Matsubayashi, Masahito
JAERI-Conf 99-006, p.361 - 366, 1999/08
no abstracts in English