| Article | |
| Title | Neutron imaging with Micromegas detectors with optical readout |
| Author(s) | Cools, A (IRFU, Saclay) ; Aune, S (IRFU, Saclay) ; Brunbauer, F M (CERN) ; Benoit, T (IRFU, Saclay) ; Corsi, A (IRFU, Saclay) ; Ferrer-Ribas, E (IRFU, Saclay) ; Iguaz, F J (SOLEIL, Saint-Aubin) ; Mazoin, C (IRFU, Saclay) ; Oliveri, E (CERN) ; Papaevangelou, T (IRFU, Saclay) ; Pollacco, E C (IRFU, Saclay) ; Potignon, M (IRFU, Saclay) ; Ropelewski, L (CERN) ; Sari, A (LIST, Saclay) |
| Publication | 2023 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| In: | EPJ Web Conf. 288 (2023) 07009 |
| In: | Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA 2023), Lucca, Italy, 12 - 16 Jun 2023, pp.07009 |
| DOI | 10.1051/epjconf/202328807009 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Abstract | Optical readout of Micromegas gaseous detectors has been achieved by implementing a Micromegas detector on a glass substrate with a glass anode and a CMOS camera. Efficient X-ray radio-graphy has been demonstrated due to the integrated imaging approach inherent to optical readout. High granularity values have been reached for low-energy X-rays from radioactive sources and X-ray generators taking advantage of image sensors with several megapixel resolution. Detector characterization under X-ray radiography opens the way to different applications from beta imaging to neutron radiography. Here we will focus on one application: neutron imaging for non-destructive examination of highly gamma-ray emitting objects. This article reports the characterization of the detectors when exposed to a low activity neutron source. The response of the detector to thermal neutrons has been studied with different field configurations and gap thicknesses. |
| Copyright/License | © 2023-2024 The Authors (License: CC-BY-4.0) |
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