RPC for thermal neutron detection

R. Arnaldi; E. Chiavassa; A. Colla; P. Cortese; G. Dellacasa; N. De Marco; A. Ferretti; M. Gagliardi; M. Gallio; R. Gemme; A. Musso; C. Oppedisano; A. Piccotti; F. Poggio; E. Scomparin; E. Vercellin

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/41/1/042

RPC for thermal neutron detection

R. Arnaldi, E. Chiavassa, A. Colla, P. Cortese, G. Dellacasa, N. De Marco, A. Ferretti, M. Gagliardi, M. Gallio, R. Gemme, A. Musso, C. Oppedisano, A. Piccotti, F. Poggio, E. Scomparin, E. Vercellin

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The possibility to detect thermal neutrons with single gap Resistive Plate Chambers has been investigated. To detect neutrons a ¹⁰B ₄C thin coating on the inner surface of one RPC electrode is used as thermal neutron converter. The RPC detects the charged particles generated by neutrons via the (n, α) reaction on Boron. Tests on converter samples have been performed with a thermalized ²⁵²Cf source in order to evaluate the conversion efficiency: a good agreement between experimental results and simulation has been achieved. A detector prototype has been developed and tested on a low energy neutron beam at the European laboratories JRC in Belgium. A detailed description of the detector and the experimental test results are presented.

Original language	English
Article number	042
Pages (from-to)	384-390
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/41/1/042
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Arnaldi, R., Chiavassa, E., Colla, A., Cortese, P., Dellacasa, G., De Marco, N., Ferretti, A., Gagliardi, M., Gallio, M., Gemme, R., Musso, A., Oppedisano, C., Piccotti, A., Poggio, F., Scomparin, E., & Vercellin, E. (2006). RPC for thermal neutron detection. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 41(1), 384-390. Article 042. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/41/1/042

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