Development of a low-background neutron detector array

Simulation of a Neutron Detector for Real Time Imaging Applications

Monte Carlo Method is used to simulate a double layer gadolinium-amorphous silicon thermal neutron detector. The detector fabricated in pixel array configuration has various applications including neutron imaging. According to the simulation results, a detector consisting of a gadolinium (Gd) film with thickness of 2-4 ~m, sandwiched properly with two layers of sufficiently thick (-30 ?µm) hydr...

Callibration of a homemade 4-fold Water Cherenkov Detector array, by detection of EAS events

pn-CCDs in a Low-Background Environment: Detector Background of the CAST X-ray Telescope

The CAST experiment at CERN (European Organization of Nuclear Research) searches for axions from the sun. The axion is a pseudoscalar particle that was motivated by theory thirty years ago, with the intention to solve the strong CP problem. Together with the neutralino, the axion is one of the most promising dark matter candidates. The CAST experiment has been taking data during the last two ye...

Possible low-background applications of MICROMEGAS detector technology

The MICROMEGAS detector concept, generally optimized for use in accelerator experiments, displays a peculiar combination of features that can be advantageous in several astroparticle and neutrino physics applications. Their subkeV ionization energy threshold, excellent energy and space resolution, and a simplicity of design that allows the use of radioclean materials in their construction are s...

The Versatile Array of Neutron Detectors at Low Energy (VANDLE)

1 Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA 2 Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA 3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 4 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 USA 5 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 U...