title: Development of a thermal neutron detector based on scintillating fibers and silicon photomultipliers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, via S. Sofia 62, 95125 Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barbagallo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cosentino
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Rosa Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Montereali
authors.forename: Alfio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pappalardo
authors.forename: Carlotta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scirè
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scirè
authors.forename: Maria Aurora
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vincenti
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Finocchiaro