Application of a Single-Crystal CVD Diamond Detector for Fast Neutron Measurement in High Dose and Mixed Radiation Fields

Makoto I. Kobayashi*, Sachiko Yoshihashi, Kunihiro Ogawa, Mitsutaka Isobe, Tsukasa Aso, Masanori Hara, Siriyaporn Sangaroon, Sachie Kusaka, Shingo Tamaki, Isao Murata, Sho Toyama, Misako Miwa, Shigeo Matsuyama, Masaki Osakabe

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Abstract

This article presents the method to evaluate the fast neutron energy spectrum using the single-crystal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond detector to be applicable on the radiation monitoring in advanced scientific/engineering systems usually characterized with mixed and high-dose radiation field. The pulse shape discrimination (PSD) based on the shape and the width of a pulse was applied to extract events, in which fast neutron hits at the specific depth of the single-crystal diamond. Unfolding of the measured spectrum for extracted pulses could deduce the neutron energy spectrum. Experiments using monoenergetic neutron sources demonstrated the reliable capability of this method to evaluate the neutron energy spectrum quantitatively.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6010808
JournalIEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Volume73
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Keywords

  • Neutron
  • pulse shape discrimination (PSD)
  • single-crystal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond detector

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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