18–22 Feb 2019
Vienna University of Technology
Europe/Vienna timezone

Neutron Gas Scintillation Imager with Glass Capillary Plate

Not scheduled
15m
Vienna University of Technology

Vienna University of Technology

Gusshausstraße 27-29, 1040 Wien
Board: 28
Poster Gaseous Detectors Poster Session A

Speaker

Mr Toru Moriya (Department of Physics, Yamagata University)

Description

A glass capillary plate (CP) is a thin glass plate of 300 $\mu$m thickness with a large number of through holes (50 $\mu$m diameter with 64 $\mu$m pitch). The CP is one of a device for a hole-type micropattern gaseous detectors (MPGD) as represented by gas electron multiplier (GEM). We have been developing a neutron gas scintillation imager (n-GSI) consisting of a thin layer of $^{10}$B, a CP gas detector, mirror and lens optics, and a cooled CMOS camera system. The performance of the neutron imager was investigated using a thermal neutron beam at the Kyoto University Accelerator-driven Neutron Source (KUANS) and Kyoto University Reactor (KUR). Owing to the high imaging capability the n-GSI, the practical position resolution of 200 $\mu$m was obtained for the neutron beam. The tracks of $\alpha$-rays or $^7$Li produced by the interaction between neutrons and 10B were also clearly observed. We report on the properties of the neutron imager and describe the outlook for future developments on the basis of the results of Monte Carlo simulations using a particle and heavy ion transport code system (PHITS).

Primary authors

Mr Haruyasu Kondo (Electron Tube Division, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K) Mr Hiroyuki Sugiyama (Electron Tube Division, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.) Mr Masahiro Hayashi (Electron Tube Division, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.) Teruyuki Okada (Electron Tube Division, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.) Prof. Ryohei Hanayama (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries) Prof. Takayuki Sumiyoshi (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University) Mr Satoshi Ishizawa (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University) Mr Toru Moriya (Department of Physics, Yamagata University) Prof. Fuyuki Tokanai (Department of Physics, Yamagata University) Prof. Seiji Tasaki (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University) Mr Masahiro Hino (Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University) Prof. Masanori Hirose (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)

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