Speaker
Prof.
June-Tak Rhee
(Konkuk-University)
Description
In this work, we report a technique employed for the detection of thermal neutrons using the parallel plate avalanche counter (PPAC). In order to make the detector sensitive to thermal neutrons a thin layer of $^{10}$B$_4$C has been coated on the forward electrode of the PPAC configuration. Upon falling on the converter coating, charged particles were generated via the $^{10}$B(n,α)7Li reaction. In this simulation study, thermal neutrons have been simulated using the GEANT4 MC code, and the response of the detector has been evaluated as a function of neutron energy.
For a better understanding of the simulation response, the performance of the detector has been found using the two different physics list i.e., QGSP_BIC_ HP and QGSP_BERT_HP.
The obtained results predicted that such boron-carbide based PPAC can be potentially utilized for thermal neutron detection. A complete description of the detector configuration and the simulation results are also presented.
Primary author
Dr
M Jamil
(Institute for Advanced Physics, Dept. of Physics, Konkuk University)
Co-authors
Prof.
June-Tak Rhee
(Konkuk-University)
Prof.
Y.J. Jeon
(LCD Research Lab; Department of Chemistry, Konkuk University)
