Gd-bearing composite scintillators as the new thermal neutron detectors

Author

Galunov, Nikolai Z. ; Grinyov, Boris V. ; Karavaeva, Natalya L. ; Gerasymov, Yaroslav V. ; Sidletskiy, Oleg Ts ; Tarasenko, Oleg A.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Scintillation Mater., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine

fYear

2009

fDate

Oct. 24 2009-Nov. 1 2009

Firstpage

1983

Lastpage

1988

Abstract

The technology that was designed for organic composite scintillators as detectors of fast neutrons and alpha particles is applied to develop new composite inorganic detector of thermal neutrons. The composite scintillators on the base of Ce:Gd₂SiO₅ and Ce:Gd₂Si₂O₇ grains were studied. The results of the measurements obtained for single crystals and composite scintillators are compared and discussed.

Keywords

neutron detection; solid scintillation detectors; Ce:Gd₂Si₂O₇; Ce:Gd₂SiO₅; Gd-bearing composite scintillators; alpha particles; composite inorganic detector; composite scintillators; fast neutrons; organic composite scintillators; single crystals; thermal neutron detectors; Alpha particles; Composite materials; Crystals; Electron emission; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma rays; Neutrons; Radiation detectors; Solid scintillation detectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3961-4

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402148

Filename

5402148