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Scintillation neutron detectors based on solid-state photomultipliers and lightguides

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Neutron detectors based on scintillation screens ZnS(Ag)/LiF and solid-state photomultipliers have been developed. Lightguides are used to collect light. The application of a coincidence scheme provides a low dark count and a neutron detection efficiency as high as 70%. A scheme of x-y neutron detector based on wavelength shifting fibers is also proposed. Tests of the proposed versions of detectors in a neutron beam have shown their efficiency.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Shestidesyatiletiya Oktyabrya 7a, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    V. S. Litvin, V. N. Marin, S. K. Karaevsky, D. N. Trunov, S. N. Axenov, A. A. Stolyarov & R. A. Sadykov

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Original Russian Text © V.S. Litvin, V.N. Marin, S.K. Karaevsky, D.N. Trunov, S.N. Axenov, A.A. Stolyarov, R.A. Sadykov, 2016, published in Kristallografiya, 2016, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 115–119.

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Litvin, V.S., Marin, V.N., Karaevsky, S.K. et al. Scintillation neutron detectors based on solid-state photomultipliers and lightguides. Crystallogr. Rep. 61, 106–110 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774516010090

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