Development of a thermal neutron detector based on scintillating fibers and silicon photomultipliers.
We propose a technique for thermal neutron detection, based on a (6)Li converter placed in front of scintillating fibers readout by means of silicon photomultipliers. Such a technique allows building cheap and compact detectors and dosimeters, thus possibly opening new perspectives in terms of granular monitoring of neutron fluxes as well as space-resolved neutron detection.
Barbagallo
Massimo
M
INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Cosentino
Luigi
L
Greco
Giuseppe
G
Montereali
Rosa Maria
RM
Pappalardo
Alfio
A
Scirè
Carlotta
C
Scirè
Sergio
S
Vincenti
Maria Aurora
MA
Finocchiaro
Paolo
P