Detection of Illicit Nuclear Materials Masked with other Gamma-Ray Emitters

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.I. Reinhard ◽  
D. Prokopovich ◽  
H. Van der Gaast ◽  
D. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Nuclear Materials ◽  
Gamma Ray Emitters

FLASH X-RAY DEVICES FOR PUMPING NUCLEAR MATERIALS DEVELOPED IN THE GAMMA-RAY LASER PROGRAM AT TEXAS

1987 ◽  
Vol 48 (C9) ◽  
pp. C9-367-C9-370
Author(s):  
C. B. COLLINS ◽  
F. DAVANLOO ◽  
T. S. BOWEN ◽  
J. J. COOGAN
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Nuclear Materials ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals Compact lightweight imager of both gamma rays and neutrons based on a pixelated stilbene scintillator coupled to a silicon photomultiplier array

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihwan Boo ◽  
Mark D. Hammig ◽  
Manhee Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Rays ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Sampling Rate ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Pulse Shape Discrimination ◽  
Nuclear Materials ◽  
Silicon Photomultiplier ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Particle Imaging ◽  
Imaging Plane

AbstractDual particle imaging, in which both neutrons and gamma-rays in the environment can be individually characterized, is particularly attractive for monitoring mixed radiation emitters such as special nuclear materials (SNM). Effective SNM localization and detection benefits from high instrument sensitivity so that real-time imaging or imaging with a limited number of acquired events is enabled. For portable applications, one also desires a dual particle imager (DPI) that is readily deployable. We have developed a hand-held type DPI equipped with a pixelated stilbene-silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array module and low sampling-rate analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) processed via a multiplexed readout. The stilbene-SiPM array (12 × 12 pixels) is capable of effectively performing pulse shape discrimination (PSD) between gamma-ray and neutron events and neutron/gamma-ray source localization on the imaging plane, as demonstrated with 252Cf neutron/gamma and 137Cs gamma-ray sources. The low sampling rate ADCs connected to the stilbene-SiPM array module result in a compact instrument with high sensitivity that provides a gamma-ray image of a 137Cs source, producing 6.4 μR/h at 1 m, in less than 69 s. A neutron image for a 3.5 × 105 n/s 252Cf source can also be obtained in less than 6 min at 1 m from the center of the system. The instrument images successfully with field of view of 50° and provides angular resolution of 6.8°.

Gamma-Ray Spectrometer based on a Transition Edge Sensor for Nuclear Materials Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 176 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 560-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Hatakeyama ◽  
M. Ohno ◽  
H. Takahashi ◽  
R. M. T. Damayanthi ◽  
C. Otani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Transition Edge Sensor ◽  
Nuclear Materials ◽  
Materials Analysis ◽  
Gamma Ray Spectrometer ◽  
Transition Edge

scholarly journals VHE observations of binary systems performed with the MAGIC telescopes

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1844010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia López-Oramas ◽  
Oscar Blanch ◽  
Emma de Oña Wilhelmi ◽  
Alba Fernández-Barral ◽  
Daniela Hadasch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binary Systems ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Optical Observations ◽  
Ss 433 ◽  
High Energies ◽  
New Type ◽  
Gamma Ray Emitters ◽  
Term Monitoring ◽  
Very High

The improvement on the Imaging Air Cherenkov Technique (IACT) led to the discovery of a new type of sources that can emit at very high energies: the gamma-ray binaries. Only six systems are part of this exclusive class. We summarize the latest results from the observations performed with the MAGIC telescopes on different systems as the gamma-ray binary LS I [Formula: see text]303 and the microquasars SS 433, V404 Cygni and Cygnus X-1, which are considered potential VHE gamma-ray emitters. The binary system LS I [Formula: see text] 303 has been observed by MAGIC in a long-term monitoring campaign. We show the newest results of our search for super-orbital variability also in context of contemporaneous optical observations. Besides, we will present the results of the only super-critical accretor known in our galaxy: SS 433. We will introduce the VHE results achieved with MAGIC after 100[Formula: see text]h of observations on the microquasar Cygnus X-1 and report on the microquasar V404 Cyg, which has been observed with MAGIC after it went through a series of exceptional X-ray outbursts in June 2015.

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