Author/Authors :
Baker، نويسنده , , C.A. and Green، نويسنده , , K and van der Grinten، نويسنده , , M.G.D and Iaydjiev، نويسنده , , P.S. and Ivanov، نويسنده , , S.N and Al-Ayoubi، نويسنده , , S and Harris، نويسنده , , P.G and Pendlebury، نويسنده , , J.M. and Shiers، نويسنده , , D.B and Geltenbort، نويسنده , , P، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We present a study aimed at developing and optimising methods for ultra-cold neutron (UCN) detection using solid-state silicon detectors. For this we investigated the characteristics of neutron to charged particle converters (6Li, 10B) and compared different deposition techniques. We find that a deposition of 600 μg/cm2 of 6LiF is required to ensure maximum UCN detection efficiency using 6Li as converter. The UCN detectors that we have developed are now fully operational as a flux monitor and as a UCN spectrum analyser in the neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble.
