用于CSNS反角白光中子源的双屏栅电离室设计及性能研究

Design and Preliminary Property Research of Double-Grid Ionization Chamber for CSNS Back-n White Neutron Source

  • 摘要: 为测量中国散裂中子源(China Spallation Neutron Source, CSNS)反角白光中子源150 keV以下能区飞行时间法中子能谱,研制基于10B(n, α)7Li和6Li(n, t)α核反应的双屏栅电离室,采用薄窗和薄底衬的结构设计。通过Garfield++、SRIM和Simcenter Magnet Electric程序对屏栅电离室的工作气体、极间距和电场分布等工作参数进行模拟设计,并采用α源及CF4、P10、90%Ar-10%CO2三种气体对电离室进行性能参数测试。结果表明,选定电子漂移速度快、扩散系数小,以及阻止本领大的CF4作为CSNS/Back-n束上测试工作气体,阴极-栅极和栅极-阳极间距分别为20 mm和5 mm。屏栅电离室收集区74 mm范围内是电场均匀区,场强的相对偏差≤0.03%;性能测试结果表明,工作气体为CF4时,电离室对239Pu/241Am/244Cm混合α面源具有很好的能量分辨,最佳能量分辨率为2.4%@5.48 MeV。对比平板型电离室和硅微条探测器的测量结果,验证了本工作研制的屏栅型电离室的能量分辨优势。

     

    Abstract: A double-grid ionization chamber(GIC) based on the 10B(n,α)7Li and 6Li(n,α)T nuclear reaction has been developed for neutron energy spectrum measurement in the energy region below 150 keV of CSNS/Back-n by time of flight method. According to the strong adjoint gamma-flash features, the structure design of thin window and thin bottom lining is adopted. In view of the characteristics of strong gamma-flash neutron beam, the structure design of thin bottom lining is adopted. Garfield++, SRIM and Simcenter Magnet Electric simulation programs are used to simulate the working parameters such as working gas, electrode spacing and electric field distribution of the GIC. CF4, which has fast electron drift speed and small diffusion coefficient and great organizing ability, is selected as the working gas for the CSNS/Back-n beam test with cathode-grid and grid-anode spacing of 20 mm and 5 mm, respectively. The collecting area within 74 mm can be considered as the uniform electric field area, and the relative deviation of the field strength is not more than 0.03%. The performance of the GIC was tested by α source. The GIC has good energy resolution for 239Pu/241Am/244Cm mixed α surface source with CF4. And the best energy resolution is 2.4%@5.48 MeV. Compared with the measured results of the parallel-plate chamber and the silicon microstrip detector, the advantages of energy resolution of the GIC developed in this work are verified.

     

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