Performance characteristics of the OSMOND Neutron Detector

Author

Bateman, J.E. ; Charlton, T.R. ; Dalgliesh, R. ; Duxbury, D.M. ; Kinane, C.J. ; Rhodes, N.J. ; Schooneveld, E.M. ; Spill, E.J.

Author_Institution

Technol. Dept., Rutherford Appleton Lab., Didcot, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

1554

Lastpage

1558

Abstract

The performance characteristics of the Off Specular MicrOstrip Neutron Detector (OSMOND) are described. Based on microstrip gas chamber (MSGC) detectors, OSMOND is a high counting rate detector, with sub-millimeter position resolution, capable of replacing the existing rate limited scintillator detectors currently in use on the suite of reflectometer instruments of the ISIS spallation neutron source. The detector system is described together with results of neutron beam tests carried out on the CRISP and POLREF reflectometers.

Keywords

neutron beams; neutron detection; neutron sources; reflectometers; solid scintillation detectors; CRISP retlectometer; ISIS spallation neutron source; MSGC detectors; OSMOND neutron detector performance characteristics; POLREF retlectometer; detector system; high counting rate detector; microstrip gas chamber detectors; neutron beam tests; off specular microstrip neutron detector; rate limited scintillator detectors; retlectometer instruments; sub-mm position resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551371

Filename

6551371