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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2013
Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen Psi, CH;
Physikalisch-technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, DE;
Marco Cortesi, Verdellino, IT;
Volker Dagendorf, Braunschweig, DE;
Horst-Michael Prasser, Nussbaumen, CH;
Robert Zboray, Rieden, CH;
Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, CH;
Abstract
An energy-sensitive imaging detector for fast-neutrons includes energy-selective radiator foil stacks converting neutrons into recoil protons. The foils are separated by gas-filled gaps and formed of two interconnected layers: a hydrogen-rich layer such as a polyethylene layer for neutron-to-proton conversion, and a metal foil layer, such as an aluminum layer, defining a proton energy cut-off and limiting a proton emission angle. Energetic recoil protons emerging from the radiator foil release electrons in surrounding gas in the gaps. An electric field efficiently drifts the electrons through the gaps. An electron detector with position sensitive readout, based on Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detector technologies (such as THick Gaseous Electron Multipliers—THGEM) or other measures provides electron amplification in gas. The charge detector has a dedicated imaging data-acquisition system detecting the drifted electrons thereby sensing the position of the original impinging neutrons.