Tissue-equivalent proportional counters in a high-energy neutron field at CERN

Taeho Lim; Jean-Francois Bottollier-Depois; J. G. Festag; Natalia Golnik; Rudolf. E. Grillmaier; M. Hoefert; L. Lindborg

doi:10.1117/12.267920

27 February 1997 Tissue-equivalent proportional counters in a high-energy neutron field at CERN

Taeho Lim, Jean-Francois Bottollier-Depois, J. G. Festag, Natalia Golnik, Rudolf. E. Grillmaier, M. Hoefert, L. Lindborg

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Proceedings Volume 2867, International Conference Neutrons in Research and Industry; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.267920
Event: Fifth International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques: Neutrons in Research and Industry, 1996, Crete, Greece

Abstract

Within the framework of a research program of the Commission of European Communities the reference radiation facility at CERN provided recently a mixed high-energy radiation field simulating the one found at civil aviation altitudes of about 10 km. In order to calibrate radiation detectors and to investigate their response to high-energy neutrons a series of measurements using five different instruments equipped with low pressure tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) and one recombination chamber (REM-2) has been carried out. The reference radiation field at CERN was produced by reactions of a primary beam mixed of 2/3 protons and 1/3 pions with a copper target and moderated by a concrete shielding. The paper summarizes the results obtained with the five TEPC instruments and the REM-2, and discusses their characteristics.

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Taeho Lim, Jean-Francois Bottollier-Depois, J. G. Festag, Natalia Golnik, Rudolf. E. Grillmaier, M. Hoefert, and L. Lindborg "Tissue-equivalent proportional counters in a high-energy neutron field at CERN", Proc. SPIE 2867, International Conference Neutrons in Research and Industry, (27 February 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.267920

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