International Workshop on Fast Neutron Detectors and Applications

The workshop has two main objectives. Firstly, it will aim at reviewing recent developments in the construction of neutron detectors for energies from the keV to the GeV range. This includes the improved understanding of basic processes in materials used for neutron detection as well as techniques and data relevant for modeling of neutron detectors. The second focus of the workshop will be on the applications of fast neutron detectors in various fields of science and technology. Both new emerging applications and novel techniques in established fields will be presented. In addition, methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons will be discussed. The workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of information between the various communities using fast neutrons to carry out their specific tasks.

The proceedings of the workshop have been peer-reviewed by the international reviewer committee below.

Editorial Board
Ahmad Khurshid, Baba Mamoru, Bertalot Luciano, Blomgren Jan, Brooks D. F., Dangendorf Volker (chairman), Gressier Vincent, Hall M. James, Jahnke Ulrich, Klein Horst, Kudo Katsuhisa, McKinney Gregg, Mulhauser Françoise, Nolte Ralf, Reginatto Marcel, Ritter Sylvia, Schuhmacher Helmut, Seidel Klaus, Sowerby Brian, Titt Uwe, Vartsky David

Sessions
Introductory talk
Fast neutron detectors (oral)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (oral)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (oral)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (oral)
Applications (oral)
Fast neutron detectors (posters)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (posters)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (posters)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (posters)
Applications (posters)
Fast neutron detectors (review talks)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (review talks)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (review talks)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (review talks)
Applications (review talks)

Introductory talk

SCINTILLATION DETECTORS FOR FAST NEUTRONS PoS(FNDA2006)097 pdf H. Klein and F.D. Brooks

Fast neutron detectors (oral)

LIGHT-ION PRODUCTION AND FISSION STUDIES USING THE MEDLEY FACILITY AT TSL PoS(FNDA2006)001 pdf S. Pomp, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, P. Mermod, A. Ohrn, N. Olsson, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan

AN IMPROVED EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP FOR (N,XN) REACTIONS STUDIES PoS(FNDA2006)003 pdf X. Ledoux, I. Lantuejoul, N. Arnal, J.M. Laborie, J.P. Lochard, P. Pras and C. Varignon

A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF A WIDE ENERGY RANGE PROPORTIONAL COUNTER NEUTRON SPECTROMETER PoS(FNDA2006)005 pdf M. Benmosbah, J.E. Groetz, P. Crovisier, B. Asselineau, L. Van-Ryckeghem, H. Truffert, A. Cadiou and D. Ziarnowski

CANADIAN HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM (CHENSS) PoS(FNDA2006)006 pdf M.B. Smith, H.R. Andrews, E.T.H. Clifford, H. Ing, V.T. Koslowsky, R.A. Noulty, M. Zhang, L.G.I. Bennett, M.L. Boudreau, A.R. Green, B.J. Lewis, R. Nolte and S. Rottger

FAST NEUTRON IMAGING WITH CCD-DETECTORS AND IMAGE PLATES PoS(FNDA2006)007 pdf V. Mikerov, E. Bogolubov, V. Samosyuk and S. Verushkin

TIME-RESOLVED FAST-NEUTRON IMAGING WITH A PULSE-COUNTING IMAGE INTENSIFIER PoS(FNDA2006)008 pdf V. Dangendorf, R. Lauck, F. Kaufmann, J. Barnstedt, A. Breskin, O. Jagutzki, M. KRAEMER and D. Vartsky

A NOVEL FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR FOR NUCLEAR DATA MEASUREMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)009 pdf I. Sagrado-Garcia, G. Ban, V. Blideanu, J. Blomgren, P. Eudes, J.M. Fontbonne, Y. Foucher, A. Guertin, F. Hadad, L. Hay, A. Hildebrand, G. Iltis, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, J.L. Lecouey, T. Lefort, N. Marie, N. Olsson, S. Pomp, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and J.C Steckmeyer

FAST NEUTRON DETECTORS BASED ON MICROMEGAS TECHNOLOGY PoS(FNDA2006)010 pdf S. Andriamonje, I. Giomataris and J. Pancin

INVESTIGATING CRYOGENIC DETECTORS FOR FAST NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY USING SILICON ABSORBERS AND TRANSITION EDGE SENSORS PoS(FNDA2006)012 pdf S.J Smith, J.I.W. Watterson and R.M Ambrosi

HIGH ENERGY RESOLUTION FAST NEUTRON SPECTROMTER PoS(FNDA2006)013 pdf T. Niedermayr, I.D. Hau, S. Friedrich, A. Burger, U. Roy and Z.W. Bell

Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (oral)

INTERNATIONAL QUALITY CONTROL OF NEUTRON CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)014 pdf H. Klein

THE PHOTONEUTRON SOURCES AT THE RADIATION FACILITY ELBE PoS(FNDA2006)015 pdf J. Klug, E. Altstadt, C. Beckert, R. Beyer, H. Freiesleben, V. Galindo, M. Greschner, E. Grosse, A.R. Junghans, D. Legrady, B. Naumann, K. Noack, K.D. Schilling, R. Schlenk, S. Schneider, K. Seidel, A. Wagner and F.P. Weiss

A NEW NEUTRON BEAM FACILITY AT TSL PoS(FNDA2006)016 pdf A.V. Prokofiev, O. Bystrom, C. Ekstrom, V. Ziemann, J. Blomgren, S. Pomp, M. Osterlund and U. Tippawan

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 2.5 MEV NEUTRON FIELD FOR MONOENERGETIC FAST NEUTRON FLUENCE STANDARD AT THE NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE OF JAPAN PoS(FNDA2006)017 pdf H. Harano, T. Matsumoto, T. Shimoyama, T. Hata, K. Moriyama, K. Kudo, S. Miwa, T. Koyamada and A. Uritani

PRODUCTION OF FAST NEUTRON WITH A PLASMA FOCUS DEVICE PoS(FNDA2006)018 pdf M. Gai

FAST-NEUTRON PRODUCTION VIA BREAK-UP OF 500 MeV DEUTERONS PoS(FNDA2006)019 pdf F. Gutermuth, S. Beceiro, H. Emling, G. Fehrenbacher, E. Kozlova, T. Radon, T. Aumann, T. Le Bleis, K. Boretzky, H. Johansson, O. Kiselev and H. Simon

RADIOACTIVE ION BEAM (RIB) PRODUCTION BY FAST-NEUTRON-INDUCED FISSION IN ACTINIDE TARGETS AT EURISOL PoS(FNDA2006)020 pdf A. Herrera-Martinez and Y. Kadi

NEUTRONS FOR SCIENCE (NFS) AT SPIRAL-2 PoS(FNDA2006)021 pdf D. Ridikas and X. Ledoux

FAST NEUTRON BEAMS - PROSPECTS FOR THE COMING DECADE PoS(FNDA2006)022 pdf J. Blomgren

PORTABLE NEUTRON GENERATORS OF VNIIA AND THEIR APPLICATIONS PoS(FNDA2006)023 pdf V. Mikerov, Y. Barmakov, E. Bogolubov and V. Ryzhkov

METHODS OF NEUTRON SOURCE STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)024 pdf N. Moiseev and I. Kharitonov

Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (oral)

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THE RESPONSE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF PROTON RECOIL PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS PoS(FNDA2006)025 pdf R. Babut and V. Gressier

CALCULATION OF SECONDARY NEUTRON FIELDS GENERATED BY HIGH-ENERGY HEAVY-ION REACTIONS USING MONTE-CARLO CODE PHITS PoS(FNDA2006)026 pdf H. Iwase, D. Schardt, K. Gunzert-Marx, E. Haettner and K. Niita

Signal processing and data analysis techniques (oral)

PERFORMANCES OF DIGITAL ACQUISITION FOR A BC501A DETECTOR SYSTEM PoS(FNDA2006)027 pdf L. Lebreton, J.F. Guerre-Chaley, D. Manuel, B. Duponchel and V. Maury

A DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM OPTIMIZED FOR SPECTROMETRY WITH LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS PoS(FNDA2006)028 pdf D. Marocco, M. Riva, B. Esposito, L. Bertalot and A. Zimbal

Applications (oral)

NEUTRON DETECTION, THE KEY TO DIRECTION SENSITIVE GEONEUTRINO DETECTION PoS(FNDA2006)096 pdf F.D. Smit, R.J. de-Meijer, R.W. Fearick and H.J. Wortche

IAEA PROGRAM FOR DETECTION OF ILLICIT MATERIALS PoS(FNDA2006)095 pdf F. Mulhauser, G. Mank, K. Baird, P. Colgan, N. Dytlewski, M. Gregoric and M. Zendel

TOMOGRAPHY OF CANISTERS FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL PoS(FNDA2006)030 pdf M. Osterlund, J. Blomgren, J. Donnard, A. Flodin, J. Gustafsson, M. Hayashi, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, L. Wallin, A. Ohrn and A.V. Prokofiev

NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR VOID MONITORING IN BOILING WATER REACTORS PoS(FNDA2006)031 pdf J. Blomgren

THE NEUTRONIC CHECK POINT: FAST NEUTRON TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS TO DETECT EXPLOSIVE IN VEHICLES PoS(FNDA2006)032 pdf S. Pesente, G. Nebbia, D. Fabris, M. Lunardon, S. Moretto and G. Viesti

RADIOGRAPHY AND TOMOGRAPHY USING FISSION NEUTRONS PoS(FNDA2006)033 pdf T. Bucherl and C. Lierse von Gostomski

HIGH RESOLUTION NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY WITH LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS FOR FUSION APPLICATIONS PoS(FNDA2006)035 pdf A. Zimbal, H. Klein, M. Reginatto, H. Schuhmacher, L. Bertalot and A. Murari

MONITORING OF 14 MeV NEUTRONS PoS(FNDA2006)037 pdf G. Ban, A. Billebaud, R. Brissot, J.M. Fontbonne, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, J.L. Lecouey, E. Liatard, N. Marie and J.C. Steckmeyer

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY FAST NEUTRONS PRODUCED IN CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY PoS(FNDA2006)038 pdf D. Schardt, H. Iwase, R.S. Simon and K. Gunzert-Marx

UPGRADE OF THE MAGNETIC PROTON RECOIL (MPRU) SPECTROMETER FOR 1.5-18 MEV NEUTRONS FOR JET AND THE NEXT STEP PoS(FNDA2006)039 pdf G. Ericsson, E. Andersson-Sunden, H. Sjostrand, S. Conroy, M. Gatu-Johnson, L. Giacomelli, C. Hellesen, A. Hjalmarsson, J. Kallne, E. Ronchi, M. Weiszflog, G. Wikstrom, G. Gorini, M. Tardocchi, R.C. Pereira, A. Combo, N. Cruz, J. Sousa, C. Correia and S. Popovichev

FISSION CROSS SECTIONS MEASURED AT N-TOF WITH A COINCIDENCE METHOD PoS(FNDA2006)040 pdf L. Tassan-Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Stephan, D. Trubert, I. Duran and C. Paradela

FERMILAB NEUTRON THERAPY FACILITY / NEUTRON SPECTRUM DETERMINATION BY THRESHOLD FOILS PoS(FNDA2006)041 pdf Z. Wang, N.E. Hertel, E. Burgett and A. Lennox

Fast neutron detectors (posters)

FAST NEUTRON RESPONSE OF A 6Li-LOADED LIQUID SCINTILLATOR PoS(FNDA2006)046 pdf M. Hayashi, Y. Watanabe, D. Kaku, H. Nakashima and K. Sagara

A MONITOR FOR NEUTRON FLUX MEASUREMENTS UP TO 20 MeV PoS(FNDA2006)048 pdf A. Öhrn, J. Blomgren, H. Park, S. Khurana, R. Nolte, D. Schmidt and K. Wilhelmsen

THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH-ENERGY REFLECTED NEUTRON FROM ALUMINUM WITH THRESHOLD DETECTORS PoS(FNDA2006)051 pdf L. Xinxin, L. Rong, J. Li and W. Mei

SCANDAL - A FACILITY FOR ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING STUDIES IN THE 50-130 MeV RANGE PoS(FNDA2006)052 pdf J. Blomgren, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev, U. Tippawan, J.F. Lecolley, F.R. Lecolley, N. Marie-Noury, I. Sagrado-Garcia, G. Ban, G. Iltiss and J.M. Fontbonne

DOUBLE DIFFERENTIAL NEUTRON YIELDS FROM THICK TARGETS INDUCED BY RELATIVISTIC CARBON AND URANIUM BEAMS PoS(FNDA2006)057 pdf K. Gunzert-Marx, T. Radon, G. Fehrenbacher, F. Gutermuth and D. Schardt

Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (posters)

PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS OF FAST NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY WITH D-Be REACTION PoS(FNDA2006)058 pdf Y. Zou, Y. Pei, D. Mo, G. Tang, J. Guo, J. Xu, G. Zhang and Z. Guo

INVESTIGATION OF THE 15N(p,n) REACTION FOR USE AS A NEUTRON SOURCE IN SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)059 pdf E. Ponitz, R. Nolte and D. Schmidt

AMANDE ACCELERATOR PERFORMANCES PoS(FNDA2006)061 pdf V. Gressier, B. Asselineau, J.F. Guerre-Chaley, A. Martin and H. Muller

Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (posters)

NEUTRON SPECTRA UNFOLDING WITH MINIMUM FISHER REGULARISATION PoS(FNDA2006)063 pdf J. Mlynar, L. Bertalot, M. Tsalas, G. Bonheure and S. Conroy

MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS OF TIME-RESOLVED, OPTICAL READOUT DETECTOR FOR FAST-NEUTRON TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY PoS(FNDA2006)064 pdf I. Mor, D. Vartsky, I. Mardor, M.B. Goldberg, D. Bar, G. Feldman, V. Dangendorf, A. Breskin and R. Chechik

Signal processing and data analysis techniques (posters)

NOISE ELIMINATION IN LEAD-SLOWING DOWN NEUTRON SPECTROMETER USING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING PoS(FNDA2006)067 pdf T. OISHI, T. YAMAUCHI, M. HAGIWARA, M. BABA, H. YUKI, T. OTSUKI and J. HORI

Applications (posters)

FAST-NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR TRANSMUTATION IN ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS PoS(FNDA2006)068 pdf J. Blomgren and M. Habib

FAST NEUTRON SCATTERING ON CARBON AND OXYGEN PoS(FNDA2006)071 pdf P. Mermod, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan

FAST NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS FOR THE CSIRO AIR CARGO SCANNER PoS(FNDA2006)074 pdf J.E. Eberhardt, A.J. McEwan, D. Milinkovic, V. Sharp, B. Sowerby and J.R. Tickner

ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING STUDIES AT 96 MeV FOR TRANSMUTATION PoS(FNDA2006)075 pdf M. Osterlund, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan

NEUTRON-INDUCED LIGHT ION PRODUCTION FROM Fe, Pb AND U AT 96 MeV PoS(FNDA2006)078 pdf S. Pomp, V. Blideanu, J. Blomgren, P. Eudes, A. Guertin, F. Haddad, C. Johansson, J. Klug, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, T. Lefort, M. Louvel, N. Marie, P. Mermod, A.V. Prokofiev, U. Tippawan, A. Ohrn and M. Osterlund

LIGHT CHARGED PARTICLE PRODUCTION IN 96 MEV NEUTRON INDUCED REACTIONS ON OXYGEN PoS(FNDA2006)079 pdf U. Tippawan, S. Pomp, A. Atac, B. Bergenwall, J. Blomgren, S. Dangtip, A. Hildebrand, C. Johansson, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, M. Osterlund, N. Olsson, A.V. Prokofiev, P. Nadel-Turonski, V. Corcalciuc and A.J. Koning

RBE OF 200 MEV NEUTRON RADIATION FOR THE INDUCTION OF CHROMOSOMAL ABBERATION IN HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES PoS(FNDA2006)082 pdf R. Nolte, V. Dangendorf, A. Buffler, F.D. Brooks, J.P. Slabbert, F.D. Smit, M. Haney, E. Schmid and G. Stephan

Fast neutron detectors (review talks)

PROSPECTS OF FAST-NEUTRON RESONANCE RADIOGRAPHY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUMENTATION PoS(FNDA2006)084 pdf D. Vartsky

NEUTRON DETECTOR SYSTEMS FOR NEUTRON NUCLEAR DATA MEASUREMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)085 pdf R.C. Haight

Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (review talks)

QUASI-MONOEBREGETIC NEUTRON SOURCE PoS(FNDA2006)086 pdf M. BABA

Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (review talks)

REVIEW OF MONTE CARLO ALL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODES AND OVERVIEW OF RECENT MCNPX FEATURES PoS(FNDA2006)088 pdf G. McKinney, J. Durkee, J. Hendricks, M. James, D. Pelowitz and L. Waters

REFERENCE CROSS SECTIONS RELEVANT FOR NEUTRON DETECTORS PoS(FNDA2006)089 pdf J. Blomgren

Signal processing and data analysis techniques (review talks)

DIGITISATION TECHNIQUES APPLIED IN NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)090 pdf F.J. Hambsch, S. Oberstedt, I. Fabry, N. Kornilov and S. Zeynalov

Applications (review talks)

NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR REACTOR SCALE FUSION EXPERIMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)091 pdf G. Bonheure, M. Angelone, R. Barnsley, L. Bertalot, S. Conroy, G. Ericsson, B. Esposito, J. Kaellne, M. Loughlin, A. Murari, J. Mlynar, M. Pillon, S. Popovichev, B. Syme, M. Tardocchi and M. Tsalas

FAST NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY INTERROGATION OF CARGO CONTAINERS PoS(FNDA2006)092 pdf J.E. Eberhardt, Y. Liu, S. Rainey, G.J. Roach, R.J. Stevens, B. Sowerby and J.R. Tickner

FUSION NEUTRONICS EXPERIMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)093 pdf K. Seidel, M. Angelone, P. Batistoni, U. Fischer, H. Freiesleben, A. Klix, D. Leichtle, M. Pillon, E. Ponitz, I. Schafer and S. Unholzer

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