Neutron detection is the effective detection of neutrons entering a well-positioned detector. There are two key aspects to effective neutron detection:...
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The neutron detection temperature, also called the neutron energy, indicates a free neutron's kinetic energy, usually given in electron volts. The term...
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The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol n or n0 , that has no electric charge, and a mass slightly greater than that of a proton. Protons and neutrons...
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non-accreting neutron stars are difficult to detect, due to the absence of electromagnetic radiation; however, since the Hubble Space Telescope's detection of RX...
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fast neutrons. When these fast neutrons collide with hydrogen nuclei present in the soil being studied, they lose much of their energy. The detection of...
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Geiger counter (section Neutron detection)
is perhaps one of the world's best-known radiation detection instruments. The original detection principle was realized in 1908 at the University of...
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Helium-3 (section Neutron detection)
neutron detection. It has a high absorption cross section for thermal neutron beams and is used as a converter gas in neutron detectors. The neutron is...
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Geiger–Müller tube (section Neutron detection)
It is used for the detection of gamma radiation, X-rays, and alpha and beta particles. It can also be adapted to detect neutrons. The tube operates in...
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incorporate a neutron detection technology. The vast majority of all neutron detectors deployed in RPMs to date relies on He-3 tubes surrounded by neutron moderators...
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Neutron activation is the process in which neutron radiation induces radioactivity in materials, and occurs when atomic nuclei capture free neutrons, becoming...
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researchers per year. Materials science Neutron detection Neutron electric dipole moment Neutron facilities Neutron scattering NPDGamma experiment In 2007...
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engineering, a prompt neutron is a neutron immediately emitted (neutron emission) by a nuclear fission event, as opposed to a delayed neutron decay which can...
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include water and shock resistance, large gamma energy range, detection of gamma and neutron sources, automatic system calibration, and temperature stabilization...
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Neutron radiation is a form of ionizing radiation that presents as free neutrons. Typical phenomena are nuclear fission or nuclear fusion causing the release...
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A neutron star merger is the stellar collision of neutron stars. When two neutron stars fall into mutual orbit, they gradually spiral inward due to the...
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Cargo scanning (section Neutron activation systems)
search for neutron signatures. However, a global supply shortage of He-3 has led to the search for other technologies for neutron detection. Industrial...
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Kearfott, K. J. (2014). "A review of conventional explosives detection using active neutron interrogation". Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry...
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Neutron activation analysis (NAA) is a nuclear process used for determining the concentrations of elements in many materials. NAA allows discrete sampling...
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Neutron capture is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus and one or more neutrons collide and merge to form a heavier nucleus. Since neutrons...
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The neutron flux is a scalar quantity used in nuclear physics and nuclear reactor physics. It is the total distance travelled by all free neutrons per...
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rotation period). Ever since the detection of the first millisecond pulsar (MSP), it has been theorized that MSPs are neutron stars that have been spun up...
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Demining (redirect from Mine detection)
also be detected directly using nuclear quadrupole resonance and neutron probes. Detection and removal of landmines is a dangerous activity, and personal...
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Scintillator (section Neutrons)
increase the neutron detection efficiency of the scintillation counter itself (since 10B has a high interaction cross section with thermal neutrons). Newer...
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Geiger–Müller tube Ionization chamber Gaseous ionization detectors Neutron detection Particle detector Proportional counter Scintillator Scintillation...
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repeat the experiment using more sophisticated neutron detection equipment. They reported that the neutron release was consistent with random coincidence...
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GW170817 (category Neutron stars)
the inspiral process of a binary pair of neutron stars, ending with their merger. It was the first GW detection to be correlated with any electromagnetic...
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engineering, a neutron moderator is a medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons, ideally without capturing any, leaving them as thermal neutrons with only...
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Neutron diffraction or elastic neutron scattering is the application of neutron scattering to the determination of the atomic and/or magnetic structure...
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A neutron source is any device that emits neutrons, irrespective of the mechanism used to produce the neutrons. Neutron sources are used in physics, engineering...
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LIGO (section Detections)
March 2020 due to COVID-19. The O3 run included the first detection of the merger of a neutron star with a black hole. The gravitational wave observatories...
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