THERMAL-NEUTRON DETECTION WITH CADMIUM(1-X) ZINC(X) TELLURIDE SEMICONDUCTOR-DETECTORS

Authors
MCGREGOR DS LINDSAY JT OLSEN RW
Citation
Ds. Mcgregor et al., THERMAL-NEUTRON DETECTION WITH CADMIUM(1-X) ZINC(X) TELLURIDE SEMICONDUCTOR-DETECTORS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 381(2-3), 1996, pp. 498-501
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
381
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
498 - 501
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)381:2-3<498:TDWCZT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe) detectors have been used to detect the rmal neutrons. The CdZnTe detectors were placed in a double diffracted thermal neutron beam and the prompt gamma ray emissions from thermal neutron interactions in the Cd have been detected. The devices clearly show the 558.6 and 651.3 keV prompt gamma ray emission peaks from 113 Cd(n, gamma) Cd-114 reactions. The intrinsic detection sensitivity is dependent on the gamma ray absorption efficiency, which is measured to be approximately (3.7 +/- 1.9) % at 558.6 keV for a 3 mm x 10 mm CdZn Te device.