Characterization of multilayer Thick-GEM geometries as 10B converters aiming thermal neutron detection

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Zeitschriftentitel:	EPJ Web of Conferences
Personen und Körperschaften:	Natal da Luz, H., Souza, F. A., Moralles, M., Carlin, N., Oliveira, R. A. N., Bregant, M., Suaide, A. A. P., Chubaci, J. F. D., Matsuoka, M., Silva, T. F., Moro, M. V., Rodrigues, C. L., Munhoz, M. G.
In:	EPJ Web of Conferences, 174, 2018, S. 01012
Format:	E-Article
Sprache:	Unbestimmt
veröffentlicht:	EDP Sciences
Schlagwörter:	General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Engineering General Environmental Science

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Zusammenfassung:	<jats:p>Boron-based thermal neutron detectors have recently regained some attention from the instrumentation community as a strong alternative to helium-3 detectors. From the existing concepts exploiting boron layers in position sensitive detectors, the Cascade [1] is the one that takes full advantage of the 2D capabilities of gaseous detectors, with the position resolution not limited by the architecture of the detector. In this work, a proposal for the Cascade detector, based on Thick-GEMs is presented, together with some preliminary studies of the suitable pitch that optimizes the neutron conversion efficiency, while keeping the collection efficiency intact. The characterization of Thick-GEM prototypes produced in Brazil with hole pitch from 0.75 to 3 mm shows that these devices already present a stable performance at low gains, also resulting in fair energy resolution, when cascaded with a standard Kapton<jats:sup>TM</jats:sup> 50 µm GEM. Results of the first attempts of boron film depositions with Ion Beam Assisted Deposition and characterization by Ion Beam Analysis are also presented.</jats:p>
Umfang:	01012
ISSN:	2100-014X
DOI:	10.1051/epjconf/201817401012