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The Multi-Blade Boron-10-based neutron detector for high intensity neutron reflectometry at ESS

Piscitelli, F. LU ; Messi, F. LU orcid ; Anastasopoulos, Michail ; Bryś, T. ; Chicken, F. ; Dian, E. ; Fuzi, J. ; Höglund, C. LU ; Kiss, G. and Orban, J. , et al. (2017) In Journal of Instrumentation 12(3).
Abstract

The Multi-Blade is a Boron-10-based gaseous detector introduced to face the challenge arising in neutron reflectometry at pulsed neutron sources. Neutron reflectometers are the most challenging instruments in terms of instantaneous counting rate and spatial resolution. This detector has been designed to cope with the requirements set for the reflectometers at the upcoming European Spallation Source (ESS) in Sweden. Based on previous results obtained at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in France, an improved demonstrator has been built at ESS and tested at the Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC) in Hungary and at the Source Testing Facility (STF) at the Lund University in Sweden. A detailed description of the detector and the results of the... (More)

The Multi-Blade is a Boron-10-based gaseous detector introduced to face the challenge arising in neutron reflectometry at pulsed neutron sources. Neutron reflectometers are the most challenging instruments in terms of instantaneous counting rate and spatial resolution. This detector has been designed to cope with the requirements set for the reflectometers at the upcoming European Spallation Source (ESS) in Sweden. Based on previous results obtained at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in France, an improved demonstrator has been built at ESS and tested at the Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC) in Hungary and at the Source Testing Facility (STF) at the Lund University in Sweden. A detailed description of the detector and the results of the tests are discussed in this manuscript.

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  abstract     = {{<p>The Multi-Blade is a Boron-10-based gaseous detector introduced to face the challenge arising in neutron reflectometry at pulsed neutron sources. Neutron reflectometers are the most challenging instruments in terms of instantaneous counting rate and spatial resolution. This detector has been designed to cope with the requirements set for the reflectometers at the upcoming European Spallation Source (ESS) in Sweden. Based on previous results obtained at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in France, an improved demonstrator has been built at ESS and tested at the Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC) in Hungary and at the Source Testing Facility (STF) at the Lund University in Sweden. A detailed description of the detector and the results of the tests are discussed in this manuscript.</p>}},
  author       = {{Piscitelli, F. and Messi, F. and Anastasopoulos, Michail and Bryś, T. and Chicken, F. and Dian, E. and Fuzi, J. and Höglund, C. and Kiss, G. and Orban, J. and Pazmandi, P. and Robinson, E. L. and Rosta, L. and Schmidt, S. and Varga, D and Zsiros, T. and Hall-Wilton, R.}},
  issn         = {{1748-0221}},
  keywords     = {{Gaseous detectors; Neutron detectors (cold, thermal, fast neutrons); Wire chambers (MWPC, Thin-gap chambers, drift chambers, drift tubes, proportional chambers etc)}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
  number       = {{3}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Journal of Instrumentation}},
  title        = {{The Multi-Blade Boron-10-based neutron detector for high intensity neutron reflectometry at ESS}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03013}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03013}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}