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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
F. Patrick Doty, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 3/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention describes an apparatus useful for detecting neutrons, and particularly for detecting thermal neutrons, while remaining insensitive to gamma radiation. Neutrons are detected by direct measurement of current pulses produced by an interaction of the neutrons with hexagonal pyrolytic boron nitride.