• Title of article

    Use of liquid helium-3 as a neutron converter for a semiconductor-based neutron detector

  • Author/Authors

    Nakamura، نويسنده , , T and Katagiri، نويسنده , , M and Aratono، نويسنده , , Y and Kanno، نويسنده , , I and Hishiki، نويسنده , , S and Sugiura، نويسنده , , O and Murase، نويسنده , , Y، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    399
  • To page
    401
  • Abstract
    We used liquid helium-3 as a neutron converter in a cryogenic neutron detector comprising an InSb semiconductor detector. The InSb semiconductor detector was operated at 1.6 K and it detected protons created in the nuclear reaction 3He+n→p+T in liquid helium-3, the density of which is approximately 600 times higher than that of gaseous helium-3 at room temperature.
  • Keywords
    InSb , Semiconductor detector , neutron detector , High spatial resolution , Spatial uniformity , Liquid helium-3
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2024222