摘要:
Provided is a scintillator for neutrons that allows the detection of neutrons with superb sensitivity and that is little affected by background noise derived from γ-rays, and a neutron detector that uses the neutron scintillator.The scintillator for neutrons comprises borate that contains at least Mg and a divalent transition element.
摘要:
Provided is a scintillator for neutrons that allows the detection of neutrons with superb sensitivity and that is little affected by background noise derived from γ-rays, and a neutron detector that uses the neutron scintillator.The scintillator for neutrons comprises borate that contains at least Mg and a divalent transition element.
摘要:
The present invention is a neutron detection device comprising a neutron detection scintillator composed of a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal, and a silicon photodiode, characterized in that the single crystal contains only Eu as a lanthanoid and contains 0.80 atom/nm3 or more of 6Li, the content of Eu is 0.0025 to 0.05 mol %, and the thickness of the scintillator exceeds 1 mm. The present invention provides a neutron detection device which has a sufficiently high neutron detection efficiency, is equipped with a neutron detection unit minimally affected by gamma rays, and is compact as a whole and lightweight.
摘要:
[Problems to be Solved] A radiation detector, which is improved in the detection efficiency of a photodetector for light emitted by a scintillator, which has excellent long-term operational stability, and which is excellent in time resolution and count rate characteristics, is provided with the use of the scintillator with a short fluorescence lifetime.[Means to Solve the Problems] A radiation detector is constructed by installing an optical wavelength conversion layer, which is composed of, for example, an organic fluorescent substance using polyvinyltoluene as a base material, between a scintillator composed of a fluoride single crystal, such as a Ce-containing LiCaAlF6 crystal, and a photodetector having a light entrance window material composed of a transparent glass material such as borosilicate glass. In the radiation detector, the peak wavelength of light emitted by the scintillator is 360 nm or less, and the peak wavelength of light after conversion by the optical conversion layer is 400 nm or more. Preferably, the refractive indexes of the scintillator and the optical wavelength conversion layer are both 1.35 to 1.65.
摘要:
[Problems to be Solved] A colquiriite-type crystal preferred for a scintillator for neutron detection, which has high sensitivity to neutron and which is reduced in background noise attributed to γ rays; a scintillator for neutron detection which comprises this crystal; and a neutron detector are provided.[Means to Solve the Problems] A colquiriite-type crystal represented by the chemical formula LiM1M2X6, such as LiCaAlF6, containing Na and Ce, for example, the colquiriite-type crystal containing at least one alkali metal element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb and Cs, and a lanthanoid element selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr and Nd, and having an isotopic ratio of 6Li of 20 mol % or more, preferably 50 mol % or more; a scintillator for neutron detection comprising the colquiriite-type crystal; and a neutron detector.
摘要:
[Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability, and a metal fluoride eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided.[Means to Solve the Problems] A metal fluoride eutectic having a cerium-containing calcium fluoride crystal phase and a lithium fluoride crystal phase present in a phase-separated state, and a neutron scintillator comprising the metal fluoride eutectic.
摘要:
[Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in detection efficiency for neutrons, an S/N ratio, and n/γ discrimination ability, and a eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided.[Means to Solve the Problems] A metal fluoride eutectic, in which a lithium fluoride crystal phase and a crystal phase represented by the chemical formula Ca1-xSrxF2 (where x denotes a number greater than 0, but not larger than 1), such as SrF2 or Ca0.5Sr0.5F2, are present in a phase-separated state; a neutron scintillator comprising the eutectic; and a neutron imaging device comprising a combination of the neutron scintillator and a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube.
摘要:
A novel scintillator for neutron detection is capable of increasing the probability of inducing a nuclear reaction using epithermal neutrons having higher energy than thermal neutrons as a result of increasing thickness in the direction of incidence of neutron radiation. A scintillator for neutron detection includes a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal containing europium, containing 0.0025 mol % or more and less than 0.05 mol % europium, containing 0.80 atom/nm3 or more 6Li, and being shaped such that the thickness in the thickest part exceeds 1 mm.
摘要:
[Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in detection efficiency for neutrons, an S/N ratio, and n/γ discrimination ability, and a eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided.[Means to Solve the Problems] A metal fluoride eutectic, in which a lithium fluoride crystal phase and a crystal phase represented by the chemical formula Ca1-xSrxF2 (where x denotes a number greater than 0, but not larger than 1), such as SrF2 or Ca0.5Sr0.5F2, are present in a phase-separated state; a neutron scintillator comprising the eutectic; and a neutron imaging device comprising a combination of the neutron scintillator and a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube.
摘要:
[Problems to be Solved] A phoswich radiation detector, which can easily discriminate between detection signals on gamma rays and thermal neutrons, and which can selectively acquire signals on thermal neutrons, is provided.[Means to Solve the Problems] In a phoswich radiation detector having two scintillators and discriminating between thermal neutrons and gamma rays, the detector comprises a scintillator for detecting thermal neutrons, such as LiCaAlF6:Eu, which has a light yield of more than 1500 photons/neutron, and a scintillator for detecting gamma rays, which has a permeable end on a shorter wavelength than the light emission wavelength of the thermal neutron scintillator. The scintillator for detecting gamma rays is characterized by being either an organic solid scintillator, such as a plastic scintillator, which does not contain a total amount of 10 mol % or more of elements selected from 6Li, 10B and Gd, or an inorganic single crystal scintillator, such as lithium glass (containing 6Li and Ce) or BGO, which has an effective atomic number Zeff of 30 or larger and which does not contain a total amount of 10 mol % or more of elements selected from 6Li, 10B and Gd.