Abstract:
A directional-position sensing fast neutron sensor system is disclosed. The system includes one or more acoustically tensioned metastable fluid detector (ATMFD) for determining the direction of the source of incident neutron radiation. The system has been used to detect the position of a 1 Ci Pu-Be neutron radiation source. The ATMFD detector is comparable in technical performance with directional fast neutron detector-bank technologies but is significantly more economical, smaller, and has little to no interference from nonneutron background radiation. The ATMFD detector can be used to locate hidden neutron sources and has been used in blind tests to do so. Specifically an ATMFD system (with a 6 x 10 cm cross- sectional area) provides directional information for incoming neutron radiation from an 8 kg Pu source from a distance of 25 m with a resolution of 11.2° at a 68% confidence within 60 seconds. Position and neutron source image sensing were also demonstrated using two ATMFDs.
Abstract:
The calculation efficiency is improved in a particle simulation. A particle simulation device 10, which calculates the position and velocity of particles on the basis of the interaction force between particles in a work space, comprises: a position information acquisition unit 12 that acquires position information for the particles; a particle number setting unit 13 that sets particle numbers for the particles; a pair setting unit 14 that selects pairs of particles and sets a pair number, on the basis of the position information; a reference information generation unit 15 that generates a matrix from the pair numbers and the particle numbers, and generates reference information for referencing the pair numbers from the particle numbers on the basis of a matrix in which the order of the rows of the matrix are sorted on the basis of the particle numbers; a contact force calculation unit 16 that calculates the interaction force of the particles in the pairs; a sum calculation unit 17 that calculates a sum of interaction forces for each particle on the basis of the reference information; and a particle information calculation unit 18 that calculates the position and velocity of the particles on the basis of the sum of interaction forces.