Published September 2009
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Journal article
A silicon photomultiplier readout for time of flight neutron spectroscopy with γ-ray detectors
Creators
- 1. Dipartimento di Fisica ''G. Occhialini'' and CNISM, Universita Degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano (Italy)
- 2. Dipartimento di Fisica and Centro NAST, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Roma (Italy)
- 3. Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Madonna del Piano n.10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze (Italy)
- 4. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
Description
The silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is a recently developed photosensor used in particle physics, e.g., for detection of minimum ionizing particles and/or Cherenkov radiation. Its performance is comparable to that of photomultiplier tubes, but with advantages in terms of reduced volume and magnetic field insensitivity. In the present study, the performance of a gamma ray detector made of an yttrium aluminum perovskite scintillation crystal and a SiPM-based readout is assessed for use in time of flight neutron spectroscopy. Measurements performed at the ISIS pulsed neutron source demonstrate the feasibility of γ-detection based on the new device.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.3212677;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Journal Volume
- 80
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- p. 095108-095108.4
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
- CODEN
- RSINAK
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44011045
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHERENKOV RADIATION; CRYSTALS; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; ISIS REACTOR; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SILICON; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SOURCES; PEROVSKITES; PHOTOTUBES; POOL TYPE REACTORS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMIMETALS; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics