Beamline Tests Show Progress in Detector Development

Jun 9, 2016
Detector Development. The ESS suite of instruments will require state-of-the-art neutron detectors with extended performance to fully utilise the source beam. Through the European-Union funded BrightnESS project, scientists at ESS and its partner institutions aim to realise detectors that can capture and record the high neutron rates delivered by the world’s most powerful neutron source.

BUDAPEST—Recent tests of a boron-based detector prototype show positive results and encourage continued collaborative development of detectors for ESS. The tests are part of an ongoing ESS investigation to develop a new detector for reflectometry, known as the Multi-Blade detector, to accommodate the two ESS instruments ESTIA and FREIA.

A team from ESS carried out a one-week test using a beamline at the Budapest Neutron Centre (BNC) together with a team from the facility. BNC is operated jointly by Hungary’s Centre for Energy Research and the Wigner Research Centre for Physics.

The project is part of Work Package 4.2 of BrightnESS. It differs from most neutron detectors studies in the use of boron-10 as the detector’s converter medium rather than the standard helium-3 gas.

Read the entire article on the Project Progress page.

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