分类： 核科学技术 >> 核科学技术其他学科 提交时间： 2024-05-31
摘要： Neutron-sensitive microchannel plates (nMCPs) have applications in neutron detection, including energy spectrum measurements, neutron-induced cross-sections, and neutron imaging. 10B-doped MCPs (B-MCPs) have attracted significant attention owing to their potential for exhibiting a high neutron detection efficiency over a large neutron energy range. Good spatial and temporal resolutions are useful for neutron energy-resolved imaging. However, their practical applications still face many technical challenges. In this study, a B-MCP with 10 mol% 10B was tested for its response to wide-energy neutrons from eV to MeV at the Back-n white neutron source at the China Spallation Neutron Source. The neutron detection efficiency was calibrated at 1 eV, which is approximately 300 times that of an ordinary MCP and indicates the success of 10B doping. The factors that caused the reduction in the detection efficiency were simulated and discussed. The neutron energy spectrum obtained using B-MCP was compared with that obtained by other measurement methods, and showed very good consistency for neutron energies below tens of keV. The response is more complicated at higher neutron energy, at which point the elastic and non-elastic reactions of all nuclides of B-MCP gradually become dominant. This is beneficial for the detection of neutrons, as it compensates for the detection efficiency of B-MCP for high-energy neutrons.
分类： 核科学技术 >> 辐射物理与技术 提交时间： 2024-05-31
摘要： Neutron resonance imaging (NRI) has recently emerged as an appealing technique for neutron radiography. Its complexity surpasses that of conventional transmission imaging, as it requires a high demand for both a neutron source and detector. Consequently, the progression of NRI technology has been sluggish since its inception in the 1980s, particularly considering the limited studies analyzing the neutron energy range above keV. The white neutron source (Back-n) at the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) provides favorable beam conditions for the development of the NRI technique over a wide neutron energy range from eV to MeV. Neutron-sensitive microchannel plates (MCP) have emerged as a cutting-edge tool in the field of neutron detection owing to their high temporal and spatial resolutions, high detection efficiency, and low noise. In this study, we report the development of a 10B-doped MCP detector, along with its associated electronics, data processing system, and NRI experiments at the Back-n. Individual heavy elements such as gold, silver, tungsten, and indium can be easily identified in the transmission images by their characteristic resonance peaks in the 1-100 eV energy range; the more difficult medium-weight elements such as iron, copper, and aluminum with resonance peaks in the 1-100 keV energy range can also be identified. In particular, results in the neutron energy range of dozens of keV (Aluminum) are reported here for the first time.
分类： 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间： 2024-02-29
Yang Jiao
Jie Liu
Pei-Xiong Zhao
Li-Hua Mo
Jin-Hu Yang
Yu-Zhu Liu
Ya-Nan Yin
Liang Wang
Qi-Yu Chen
Xiao-Yu Yan
Shi-Wei Zhao
Bo Li
You-Mei Sun
摘要： The 28nm process has a high cost-performance ratio and has gradually become the standard for the fieldof radiation-hardened devices. However, owing to the minimum physical gate length of only 35nm, the physicalarea of a standard 6T SRAM unit is approximately 0.16 μm2, resulting in a significant enhancement ofmulti-cell charge-sharing effects. Multiple-cell upsets (MCUs) have become the primary physical mechanismbehind single-event upsets (SEUs) in advanced nanometer node devices. The range of ionization track effectsincreases with higher ion energies, and spacecraft in orbit primarily experience SEUs caused by high-energyions. However, ground accelerator experiments have mainly obtained low-energy ion irradiation data. Therefore,the impact of ion energy on the SEU cross-section, charge collection mechanisms, and MCU patterns andquantities in advanced nanometer devices remains unclear. In this study, based on the experimental platformof the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL), low- and high-energy heavy-ion beams were usedto study the SEUs of 28nm SRAM devices. The influence of ion energy on the charge collection processesof small-sensitive-volume devices, MCU patterns, and upset cross-sections was obtained, and the applicablerange of the inverse-cosine law was clarified. The findings of this study are an important guide for the accurateevaluation of SEUs in advanced nanometer devices and for the development of radiation-hardening techniques.
分类： 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间： 2023-12-15
摘要： Nondestructive and noninvasive neutron assays are essential applications of neutron techniques. Neutron resonance transmission analysis (NRTA) is a powerful nondestructive method for investigating the elemental composition of an object. The back-streaming neutron line (Back-n) is a newly built time-of-flight facility at the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) that provides neutrons in the eV to 300 MeV range. A feasibility study of the NRTA method for nuclide identification was conducted at the CSNS Back-n via two test experiments. The results demonstrate that it is feasible to identify different elements and isotopes in samples using the NRTA method at Back-n. This study reveals its potential future applications.
分类： 物理学 >> 核物理学 分类： 物理学 >> 地球物理学、天文学和天体物理学 提交时间： 2023-09-12
Yang, Gaole
An, Zhendong
Jiang, Wei
Li,Xiankai
Qiu, Weiwei
Liao, Zhengfa
Zhuang, Ziyue
Zhang, Xiaoping
Chen,Shengli
Xiao, Erxi
Fang,Xiao
Li,XinXiang
Hu, Xinrong
Jiang, Bing
Wang, Jincheng
Ren, Jie
Luo, Wen
Zhu, ZhiChao
Lan, Haoyang
Cao, Zongwei
摘要： The neutron capture cross sections (${n, upgamma}$) of Bromine was performed with the time-of-flight (TOF) technique at the Back-n facility of the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS). Prompt $ upgamma$-rays originating from neutron-induced capture events were detected by four C${}_6$D${}_6$ detectors. The pulse height weighting technique (PHWT) and the double-bunch unfolding method based on the Bayesian theory were used in the data analysis. To obtain reliable measurement results, background deductions, normalization, and corrections were carefully considered. The multilevel R-matrix Bayesian code SAMMY was used to extract the resonance parameters in the resolved resonance region (RRR). The average cross sections in unresolved resonance region the was obtained from 10 to 400 keV. The experimental results were compared with the data of several evaluated libraries and previous experiments in the resolved and unresolved resonance region. The TALYS code was used to describe the average cross sections in the unresolved resonance region. Astrophysical Maxwell average cross sections (MACSs) of ${}^{79,81}$Br from $ kT $ = 5 to 100 keV was calculated over a sufficiently wide range of neutron energies. At a thermal energy of $kT=30$ keV, the MACS value for ${}^{79}$Br 638$ pm$64 mb is in good agreement with the KADoNiS recommended value. By contrast, the value of 293$ pm$29 mb for ${}^{81}$Br is substantially higher than those of the evaluated database and the KADoNiS recommended value.
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