Title :
First measurements of the inclined boron layer thermal-neutron detector for reflectometry
Author :
van Vuure, T.L. ; Clonts, L.G. ; Crow, M.L. ; Cooper, R.G. ; Richards, J.D. ; Riedel, R.A. ; Robertson, J.L.
Author_Institution :
Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Abstract :
A prototype detector based on the inclined absorber layer principle is introduced. For the Liquids Reflectometer at the Spallation Neutron Source, it is shown to be a significant improvement over its current detector, which imposes an instantaneous count rate limitation of 50 kcps.
Keywords :
Boron; Detectors; Energy loss; Event detection; Instruments; Liquids; Neutrons; Particle tracking; Reflectometry; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774827
