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Rare Earth Doped Lithium Tetraborate as a Scintillation Detector

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Abstract

Monitoring the movement and the radiation of radioactive materials has been an important problem to solve in modern society, especially in homeland security and nuclear facilities. Due to low interaction with matter and a lack of charge, neutrons are difficult to detect. Various materials in the past have been utilized, however finding a material with a large neutron capture section as well as one that is blind to gamma rays is difficult. In our research, we have focused on lithium tetraborate, Li2B4O7, a transparent crystalline material with great capability for neutron capture due to the nuclear isotopes  B10 and L6 , as well as its stability at a wide range of temperatures. Advantages and challenges of different dopant materials are also discussed.

Presenters

  • Lauren E Samson

    SUNY Oswego,Physics Department

Authors

  • Lauren E Samson

    SUNY Oswego,Physics Department

  • Elena Echeverria

    Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University

  • John McClory

    Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering Physics

  • Katherine Shene

    SUNY Oswego, Physics Department

  • Juan A Colón Santana

    Aurora University

  • Yaroslav Burak

    Institute of Physical Optics

  • Volodymyr Adamiv

    Institute of Physical Optics

  • Ihor Teslyuk

    Institute of Physical Optics

  • Lu Wang

    CAS Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China

  • Wai-Ning Mei

    Department of Physics, University of Nebraska–Omaha, University of Nebraska - Omaha

  • Kyle A Nelson

    S.M.A.R.T. Laboratory, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Dept., Kansas State University

  • Benjamin W Montag

    S.M.A.R.T. Laboratory, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Dept., Kansas State University

  • Douglas S McGregor

    S.M.A.R.T. Laboratory, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Dept., Kansas State University

  • Archit Dhingra

    Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  • Peter A Dowben

    University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Department of Physics and Astronomy; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Jorgensen Hall, University of Nebraska, NE 68588, USA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  • James Petrosky

    Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering Physics

  • Carolina C Ilie

    SUNY Oswego, Physics Department