Monte-Carlo simulation of fast neutron detection using double-scatter events in plastic scintillator and Timepix
Result description
The Timepix is a semiconductor pixelated detector that measures charge collected in each of its 256x256 pixels (55 ?m pitch). Therefore, it is capable of measuring the energy and position of incoming radiation quanta at the same time. We are developing aspectroscopy and radiography technique for fast-neutrons based on the tracking of recoiled protons. The detector combines a Timepix device with a plastic scintillator readout using a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). Fast neutrons recoil protons from theplastic scintillator. The SiPM records the energy, which protons lose in the scintillator before entering the Timepix. The Timepix then measures the remainder of the proton's energy and its direction. In case of a setup consisting of a single Timepix andscintillator, the reconstruction of the neutron's energy requires knowledge of the incoming neutron direction (or the source position); similarly, the incoming neutron energy must be known to reconstruct the direction of the incoming neu
Keywords
Timepixpixel detectorsMonte-Carlo simulationfast neutronsplastic scintillatorsilicon photomultiplier
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Result code in IS VaVaI
Result on the web
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5873950
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Monte-Carlo simulation of fast neutron detection using double-scatter events in plastic scintillator and Timepix
Original language description
The Timepix is a semiconductor pixelated detector that measures charge collected in each of its 256x256 pixels (55 ?m pitch). Therefore, it is capable of measuring the energy and position of incoming radiation quanta at the same time. We are developing aspectroscopy and radiography technique for fast-neutrons based on the tracking of recoiled protons. The detector combines a Timepix device with a plastic scintillator readout using a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). Fast neutrons recoil protons from theplastic scintillator. The SiPM records the energy, which protons lose in the scintillator before entering the Timepix. The Timepix then measures the remainder of the proton's energy and its direction. In case of a setup consisting of a single Timepix andscintillator, the reconstruction of the neutron's energy requires knowledge of the incoming neutron direction (or the source position); similarly, the incoming neutron energy must be known to reconstruct the direction of the incoming neu
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
BG - Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics, accelerators
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
Others
Publication year
2010
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC)
ISBN
978-1-4244-9106-3
ISSN
1095-7863
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
1162-1167
Publisher name
IEEE
Place of publication
Piscataway (New Jersey)
Event location
Knoxville (Tennessee)
Event date
Oct 30, 2010
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000306402901068
Basic information
Result type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP
BG - Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics, accelerators
Year of implementation
2010