Development of large-area THGEM detectors for investigation of thermal-hydraulic phenomena using neutron imaging

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Published 18 October 2013 © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl
, , 3rd International Conference on Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors Citation M Cortesi et al 2013 JINST 8 C10009 DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/8/10/C10009

1748-0221/8/10/C10009

Abstract

We report recent progress on development of high-resolution instrumentation and measurement techniques for investigation of various thermal-hydraulic processes, such as dynamic gas-liquid two-phase flow. Included in these activities, two projects are currently under development: a novel high-efficiency, one-dimensional fast-neutron imaging detector intended for fan-beam tomography applications, and a cold-neutron large-area imaging detector prototype. Both instruments are based on neutron-to-charge particle conversion coupled to THick Gaseous Electron Multipliers (THGEM) for position-sensitive charge readout. We review the operational principle and properties of the two detector concepts.

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10.1088/1748-0221/8/10/C10009