Abstract
To improve material structure analysis using thermal (cold) neutrons at several pulsed neutron sources, we have developed a new gas detector for neutrons that employs a gas electron multiplier (GEM) as the detector. For neutron detection, both surfaces of a single GEM foil are coated with boron, and to increase efficiency, several GEM foils are stacked in a chamber. A prototype chamber was constructed with 10 cm × 10 cm GEM foils, and several beam tests were performed at a research reactor in Japan and at pulsed neutron sources (Hokkaido University and the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex). We achieved a detection efficiency of 30% for 0.22-nm thermal neutrons and a position resolution of ∼0.5 mm. In addition, we demonstrate two applications.
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