A neutron Albedo system with time rejection for landmine and IED detection

被引：2

作者：

Kovaltchouk, V. D. ^{[1
]}

Andrews, H. R. ^{[1
]}

Clifford, E. T. H. ^{[1
]}

Faust, A. A. ^{[2
]}

Ing, H. ^{[1
]}

McFee, J. E. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Bubble Technol Ind, Chalk River, ON, Canada

[2] Def R&D Canada Suffield, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2011年 / 652卷 / 01期

关键词：

Neutron; Detector; Albedo; Landmine;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.038

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

A neutron Albedo system has been developed for imaging of buried landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). It involves irradiating the ground with fast neutrons and subsequently detecting the thermalized neutrons that return. A scintillating (6)Li loaded ZnS(Ag) screen with a sensitive area of 40 cm x 40 cm is used as a thermal neutron detector. Scintillation light is captured by orthogonal arrays of wavelength-shifting fibers placed on either side of the scintillator surface and then transferred to X and Y multi-pixel PMTs. A timing circuit, used with pulsed neutron sources, records the time when a neutron detection takes place relative to an external synchronization pulse from the pulsed source. Experimental tests of the Albedo system performance have been done in a sand box with a (252)Cf neutron source (no time gating) and with pulsed D-D (2.6 MeV) neutrons from the Defense R&D Ottawa Van de Graaff accelerator (with time gating). Information contained in the time evolution of the thermal neutron field provided improved detection capability and image reconstruction. The detector design is described and experimental results are discussed. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：84 / 89

页数：6

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