APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SLOW NEUTRONS BY LYMAN ALPHA RADIATION
    1.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SLOW NEUTRONS BY LYMAN ALPHA RADIATION 有权
    用于通过LYMAN ALPHA辐射检测慢速中子的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090114843A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-07

    申请号:US12181711

    申请日:2008-07-29

    IPC分类号: G01T1/00 G01J1/58

    CPC分类号: G01T3/06

    摘要: A method and apparatus for detecting slow neutrons by monitoring Lyman alpha radiation produced by the 3He(n,tp) nuclear reaction induced by neutrons incident on a gas cell containing 3He or a mixture of 3He and other atoms and/or molecules. Such a method and/or apparatus includes the use of, for example, liquid 3He and 4He mixtures as a scintillation counter for the sensitive detection of neutrons using Lyman alpha radiation produced by the 3He(n,tp) reaction. The radiation can be detected with high efficiency with an appropriate photo-detector, or alternatively, it can be converted to radiation at longer wavelength by absorption in scintillation materials, with the radiation channeled to a photodetector. Because of the simplicity of the system and the fact that the radiation production mechanisms can be measured and/or calculated independently, the method and/or apparatus also has the potential for service as a calculable absolute detector.

    摘要翻译: 通过监测由入射到含有3He或3He和其他原子和/或分子的混合物的气体细胞的中子引起的3He(n,tp)核反应产生的Lymanα辐射来检测慢中子的方法和装置。 这样的方法和/或装置包括使用例如液体3He和4He混合物作为使用由3He(n,tp)反应产生的Lymanα辐射敏感检测中子的闪烁计数器。 可以用适当的光电检测器高效地检测辐射,或者可以通过在闪烁材料中的吸收将其转换成较长波长的辐射,辐射被引导到光电检测器。 由于系统的简单性以及可以独立地测量和/或计算辐射产生机制的事实,该方法和/或设备也具有作为可计算绝对检测器的服务的潜力。

    Apparatus and method for detecting slow neutrons by lyman alpha radiation
    2.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for detecting slow neutrons by lyman alpha radiation 有权
    通过lymanα辐射检测慢中子的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07791045B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-07

    申请号:US12181711

    申请日:2008-07-29

    IPC分类号: G01T1/04 G01T1/00

    CPC分类号: G01T3/06

    摘要: A method and apparatus for detecting slow neutrons by monitoring Lyman alpha radiation produced by the 3He(n,tp) nuclear reaction induced by neutrons incident on a gas cell containing 3He or a mixture of 3He and other atoms and/or molecules. Such a method and/or apparatus includes the use of, for example, liquid 3He and 4He mixtures as a scintillation counter for the sensitive detection of neutrons using Lyman alpha radiation produced by the 3He(n,tp) reaction. The radiation can be detected with high efficiency with an appropriate photo-detector, or alternatively, it can be converted to radiation at longer wavelength by absorption in scintillation materials, with the radiation channeled to a photodetector. Because of the simplicity of the system and the fact that the radiation production mechanisms can be measured and/or calculated independently, the method and/or apparatus also has the potential for service as a calculable absolute detector.

    摘要翻译: 通过监测由入射到含有3He或3He和其他原子和/或分子的混合物的气体细胞的中子引起的3He(n,tp)核反应产生的Lymanα辐射来检测慢中子的方法和装置。 这样的方法和/或装置包括使用例如液体3He和4He混合物作为使用由3He(n,tp)反应产生的Lymanα辐射敏感检测中子的闪烁计数器。 可以用适当的光电检测器高效地检测辐射,或者可以通过在闪烁材料中的吸收将其转换成较长波长的辐射,辐射被引导到光电检测器。 由于系统的简单性以及可以独立地测量和/或计算辐射产生机制的事实,该方法和/或设备也具有作为可计算绝对检测器的服务的潜力。