Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1827992 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A position sensitive detector for ultra-cold neutrons (UCNs) has been developed. Here we present the first experimental results and compare them with Monte-Carlo simulations. The silicon pixel device “TimePix” with a spatial resolution below 1 μm for strongly ionizing particles has been coated with a conversion layer of 6LiF for the detection of UCN. A spatial resolution of 5.3 μm has been measured for UCN. An optimized setup with 10B as conversion layer can achieve a spatial resolution below 3 μm.
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Authors
J. Jakubek, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, P. Geltenbort, M. Platkevic, C. Plonka-Spehr, J. Solc, T. Soldner,