Plastic scintillator detector for pulsed flux measurements

International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics

物理学;天文学

Kadilin, V.V.^1 ; Kaplun, A.A.^1 ; Taraskin, A.A.^1

Department of Applied Nuclear Physics, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Kashirskoe highway 31, Moscow

115409, Russia^1

关键词: Charged particle detection;    Detector design;    Flux measurements;    Plastic scintillator detector;    Scientific experiments;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/798/1/012182/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/798/1/012182

学科分类：天文学(综合)

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

A neutron detector, providing charged particle detection capability, has been designed. The main purpose of the detector is to measure pulsed fluxes of both charged particles and neutrons during scientific experiments. The detector consists of commonly used neutron-sensitive ZnS(Ag) /6LiF scintillator screens wrapping a layer of polystyrene based scintillator (BC-454, EJ-254 or equivalent boron loaded plastic). This type of detector design is able to log a spatial distribution of events and may be scaled to any size. Different variations of the design were considered and modelled in specialized toolkits. The article presents a review of the detector design features as well as simulation results.