Neutron Hunt
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Neutron Hunt
Project presentation by Andreas Nørgård Larsen,
Copenhagen University
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Intro
• Where: CMS• What: Medipix detectors.• Why : Online neutron detection gives better
knowledge of neutron flux. So we can:– Adjust simulations of the radiation in the CMS
cavern.– Provide knowledge about the risk of Single Event
Upset (SEU).
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Single Event Upset
• Change bit in electrical device: 1 0• Example: Failure in electronics in CNGS (CERN
Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) in 2007
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Medipix
• Silicon: measure charged particles
• Low cross section for direct neutron-Si interaction generating charged particles, therefore: Conversion layers!
Picture from: www.scienceinschool.org
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Conversion layers
Picture from: D. Turecek, T. Holy, S. Pospicil, Z. Vykydal, Elsevier ;Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 633 (2011) S45–S47
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Conversion layers
• Today’s focus: Polyethylene, PE– Effective for fast neutrons, i.e. from 2 to 50 MeV.
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Polyethylene
• Elastic scattering
• The process of kicking out protons has a high cross section for fast neutrons
• Protons are charged!
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Polyethylene
• Elastic scattering
• The process of kicking out protons has a high cross section for fast neutrons
• Protons are charged!
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Effect of Conversion layers- simulation with FLUKA
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Thickness of PE conversion layer
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Density of PE conversion layerThickness is 1.3 mm
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Neutrons in the CMS
Simulated data from this point
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I hope you know
• Why neutrons are still interesting.• How to hunt them.
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Thank you for your attention!
Special thanks to: • Dieter Loterman (focus data)
• Sophie Mallows (FLUKA expert 1)• Mouritz Guthoff (FLUKA expert 2)
• Slawomir Konrad Tadeja (Computer expert)• Arkady Lokhovitskiy (supervisor)• Alan James Bell (supervisor)