Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2011-03-16
M Brandis et al 2011 JINST 6 P02008
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
18 pages, 16 figures
Scientific paper
The development of a mm-spatial-resolution, resonant-response detector based on a micrometric glass capillary array filled with liquid scintillator is described. This detector was developed for Gamma Resonance Absorption (GRA) in 14N. GRA is an automatic-decision radiographic screening technique that combines high radiation penetration (the probe is a 9.17 MeV gamma ray) with very good sensitivity and specificity to nitrogenous explosives. Detailed simulation of the detector response to electrons and protons generated by the 9.17 MeV gamma-rays was followed by a proof-of-principle experiment, using a mixed gamma-ray and neutron source. Towards this, a prototype capillary detector was assembled, including the associated filling and readout systems. Simulations and experimental results indeed show that proton tracks are distinguishable from electron tracks at relevant energies, on the basis of a criterion that combines track length and light intensity per unit length.
Bar Doron
Brandis Michal
Dangendorf Volker
Friedman Eduardo
Goldberg Mark B.
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