Neutron reflectometry with the Multi-Blade 10B-based detector. (31st August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mauri, G.; Messi, F.; Anastasopoulos, M.; Arnold, T.; Glavic, A.; Höglund, C.; Ilves, T.; Lopez Higuera, I.; Pazmandi, P.; Raspino, D.; Robinson, L.; Schmidt, S.; Svensson, P.; Varga, D.; Hall-Wilton, R.; Piscitelli, F.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings. Volume 474:Number 2216(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-08-31
• Subjects: neutron detectors (cold and thermal neutrons) -- gaseous detectors -- boron-10 -- neutron reflectometry -- neutron scattering; Physical sciences -- Periodicals; Engineering -- Periodicals; Mathematics -- Periodicals; 500
• DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0266
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-5021

Abstract

Abstract : The Multi-Blade is a boron-10-based gaseous detector developed for neutron reflectometry instruments at the European Spallation Source in Sweden. The main challenges for neutron reflectometry detectors are the instantaneous counting rate and spatial resolution. The Multi-Blade has been tested on the CRISP reflectometer at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source in the UK. A campaign of scientific measurements has been performed to study the Multi-Blade response in real instrumental conditions. The results of these tests are discussed in this paper.