A novel ceramic GEM used for neutron detection

Jianrong Zhou; Xiaojuan Zhou; Jianjin Zhou; Xingfen Jiang; Jianqing Yang; Lin Zhu; Wenqin Yang; Tao Yang; Hong Xu; Yuanguang Xia; Gui-an Yang; Yuguang Xie; Chaoqiang Huang; Bitao Hu; Zhijia Sun; Yuanbo Chen

Nuclear Engineering and Technology (Jun 2020)

A novel ceramic GEM used for neutron detection

Jianrong Zhou,
Xiaojuan Zhou,
Jianjin Zhou,
Xingfen Jiang,
Jianqing Yang,
Lin Zhu,
Wenqin Yang,
Tao Yang,
Hong Xu,
Yuanguang Xia,
Gui-an Yang,
Yuguang Xie,
Chaoqiang Huang,
Bitao Hu,
Zhijia Sun,
Yuanbo Chen

Affiliations

Jianrong Zhou: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Xiaojuan Zhou: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Jianjin Zhou: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Xingfen Jiang: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Jianqing Yang: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Lin Zhu: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Wenqin Yang: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Tao Yang: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Hong Xu: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Yuanguang Xia: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Gui-an Yang: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Yuguang Xie: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, Beijing, 100049, China
Chaoqiang Huang: Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, China
Bitao Hu: School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Corresponding author. School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Zhijia Sun: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, Beijing, 100049, China; Corresponding author. Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China.
Yuanbo Chen: Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan, 523803, Guangdong, China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, Beijing, 100049, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 52, no. 6
pp. 1277 – 1281

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A novel ceramic Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) has been developed to meet the demand of high counting rate for the neutron detection which is an alternative to 3He-based detector at China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS). An experiment was performed to measure the neutron transmittance of ceramic-GEM and FR4-GEM at the small angle neutron scattering (SANS) instrument. The result showed the ceramic-GEM has higher transmittance and less self-scattering especially for cold neutrons. One single ceramic GEM could give a gain of 102-104 in the mixture gas of Ar and CO2 (90%:10%) and its energy resolution was about 27.7% by using 55Fe X ray of 5.9 keV. A prototype has been developed in order to investigate the performances of the ceramic GEM-based neutron detector. Several neutron beam tests, including detection efficiency, spatial resolution, two-dimensional imaging, and wavelength spectrum, were carried out at CSNS and China Mianyang Research Reactor (CMRR). The results show that the ceramic GEM-based neutron detector is a good candidate to measure the high intensity neutrons.

Published in Nuclear Engineering and Technology

ISSN: 1738-5733 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Nuclear engineering. Atomic power
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