New neutron detector

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Richard Hull
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New neutron detector

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Thanks go to Steve Hansen of the Bell Jar for this tid-bit.

http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/jo ... alert=true

Before we all freak out and go nuts over this, there are and will be zero avaialble sensors of this type for a number of years that you and I can afford.

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Re: New neutron detector

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If anyone's interested, I attached the article PDF. Large-area, non-coated photodiodes like the ones they used are readily available:
Lithium-6 is a bit harder to come by :
Working in a dry glovebox is challenging, but less so than working in hard vacuum... and if it's possible to acquire deuterium gas, it's no trouble to buy dry argon. I wouldn't give up on this option just yet!
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