Neutron detection with a GEM

Author

Park, Se-Hwan ; Yong Kyun Kim ; Kim, J.K.

Author_Institution

KAERI, Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

52

Issue

5

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1689

Lastpage

1692

Abstract

Since the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) was introduced, it has been developed in many application areas. We have developed a cascade GEM for a neutron detector. The neutron efficiency of a converting foil was calculated with Monte Carlo N-particle (MCNP) and transport of ions in matter (TRIM). The neutron efficiency of multi GEMs was also calculated. The boron compound was coated onto the drift plate, and the neutron was measured with a gas chamber installed with a GEM. The stabilization process of a boron coating onto a GEM foil has been developed at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; electron multiplier detectors; neutron detection; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; GEM foil; Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute; MCNP; Monte Carlo N-particle; boron coating; boron compound; drift plate; gas chamber; gas electron multiplier; ion transport; neutron detection; stabilization process; Atomic measurements; Boron; Coatings; Counting circuits; Detectors; Electron multipliers; Extraterrestrial measurements; Monte Carlo methods; Neutrons; Robustness; GEM; MCNP; TRIM; neutron;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2005.856600

Filename

1546486