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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Rome, IT;
Inventors:
Roberto Bedogni, Rome, IT;
Marco Costa, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE, Rome, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 23/05 (2006.01); G01N 23/09 (2018.01); G01N 23/207 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/05 (2013.01); G01N 23/09 (2013.01); G01N 23/2073 (2013.01); G21K 1/025 (2013.01); G01N 2223/316 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compact and small size multichannel collimator for neutrons with energies up to 50 keV is provided. The collimator has a multichannel structure composed of collimating channels (in air, vacuum or in the non-interacting atmosphere of Helium-4) alternating with 'full' channels made with absorbent materials for slow neutrons. The geometry of the individual collimating and absorbing channels can be arbitrary. The geometry with channels of square section, such as to create a perfect checkerboard, is preferred from the point of view of ease of construction.