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