Plasma and Fusion Research
Volume 13, 2406018 (2018)
Regular Articles
- Hamamatsu Photonics K.K, Iwata, Shizuoka 438-0193, Japan
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- Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori, Osaka 590-0494, Japan
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- The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-1202, Japan
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
Abstract
A capillary plate (CP) gas detector is a type of a hole-type micropattern gaseous detector. The detector displays high spatial resolution characteristics in two-dimensional radiation detection by using a CP with a small channel pitch. In this study, a sealed-type CP gas detector for neutron imaging was developed. The detector converts the incident position of neutrons to an optical image. A novel imaging system was constructed, and it comprised the CP gas detector, an image intensifier unit, and a science-CMOS camera. The system was tested with a compact accelerator driven neutron source, “KUANS.” Each signal of charged particles generated by a nuclear reaction between a neutron and a 10B layer was obtained. The results indicated that neutron images were obtained clearly.
Keywords
neutron detector, neutron imaging, capillary plate, micropattern gaseous detector, gas scintillation
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