辐射防护 ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (6): 540-544.

• 辐射探测技术与应用 • 上一篇    下一篇

Response evaluation of a compact and highly efficient neutron diffractometer for compact accelerator neutron sources

Sho Imai1, Kenichi Watanabe1, Astushi Yamazaki1, Sachiko Yoshihashi1, Akira Uritani1, Seiji Tasaki2, Setsuo Satoh3   

  • 出版日期:2020-11-20 发布日期:2021-01-27

Response evaluation of a compact and highly efficient neutron diffractometer for compact accelerator neutron sources

Sho Imai1, Kenichi Watanabe1, Astushi Yamazaki1, Sachiko Yoshihashi1, Akira Uritani1, Seiji Tasaki2, Setsuo Satoh3   

  1. 1. Nagoya University,Furo-cho,Chikusa-ku,Nagoya,464-8603,Japan;
    2. Kyoto University,Yoshidahonmachi,Sakyo-ku,Kyoto,606-8501,Japan;
    3. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization,Oh-ho,Tsukuba,305-0801,Japan
  • Online:2020-11-20 Published:2021-01-27
  • Contact: Sho Imai E-mail: imai.sho@a.mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp
  • About author:Born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan in 1995. The author graduated from the School of Engineering at Nagoya University, Japan, in 2018, and is studying radiation measurement at the Graduate School of Engineering in Nagoya University.

Abstract: We fabricated the spheroid neutron diffractometer with 79 neutron detector rings using the transparent rubber sheet type Eu:LiCaAlF6 scintillators and wavelength-shifting fibers.We confirmed that the fabricated detector shows a clear neutron peak and can discriminate neutron and gamma-ray events in a signal pulse spectrum.We additionally checked that the fabricated diffractometer can detect a neutron diffraction peak of ferrite powder at Kyoto University Accelerator-driven Neutron Source.Consequently,it can be expected that crystal structural analysis will be possible even by small accelerator neutron sources.

Key words: LiCAF scintillator, neutron diffractometer, neutron detector, time-of-flight, KUANS, LiTA12