Gadolinium Foils as Converters of Thermal Neutrons in Detectors of Nuclear Radiation.

GADOLINIUM FOILS AS CONVERTERS OF THERMAL NEUTRONS IN DETECTORS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION -- GADOLINIUM FOILS AS CONVERTERS OF THERMAL NEUTRONS IN DETECTORS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF CONVERTER PERFORMANCES -- 2.1. THEORETICAL BASES -- 2.1.1. Probability of Neutrons Absorption -- 2.1.2. Probability of Gamma Quanta's Formation -- 2.1.3. Probability of Internal Conversion Electrons Formation -- 2.1.3. Intensity of Auger Electrons -- 2.1.6. Passage of Electrons through a Substance -- 2.2.1. Model Representation and Calculation -- 2.2.2. Probability of Converters Activation -- 2.2.3. Modeling for a Case of Neutrons Flow under Various Angles -- 2.2.4. Contribution of Low-Energetic Electrons to General Efficiency of Converters -- 2.2.5. Contribution X-Rays and Soft Gamma Radiations on General Efficiency of Converters -- 2.3.1. Modeling of Converters Representing Sandwiches, from Supporting Films and Converters -- 2.2.6. Modeling of Converters Executed from a Set Thin Drilling Converters -- Chapter 3 POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS OF THERMAL NEUTRONS WITH GADOLINIUM CONVERTERS -- 3.1. NORMAL PRESSURE MULTISTEP AVALANCHE CHAMBER -- 3.1.1. Characteristics of the Multistep Avalanche Chambers -- 3.1.2. Gas Amplification and Efficiency of Registrations MSAC -- 3.1.3. Spatial Resolution of the Multistep Avalanche Chambers -- 3.1.4. Influence of Gas Mixes on Characteristic MSAC -- 3.1.5. Ways of stabilization of operating modes for work MSAC -- 3.1.6. Dedector Desing -- 3.1.7. Effects of Some Constructional Elements on the MSAC Characteristics -- 3.2. THERMAL NEUTRON IMAGING DETECTORS COMBINING NOVEL COMPOSITE FOIL CONVERTORS AND GASEOUS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS -- 3.2.1. The Neutron Convertor Foil -- 3.2.2. The Multistep Avalanche Chamber -- 3.2.3. Detector Characteristics.

3.3. HYBRID LOW-PRESSURE (MSGC) NEUTRON DETECTORS -- 3.3.1. The Detector Principle -- 3.3.2. Converter Fabrication -- 3.4. RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS WITH GD-COATED ELECTRODES AS THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTORS -- 3.5. THE NEUTRON SENSITIVY IMAGE PLATES -- 3.5. NEUTRON IMAGING DETECTOR USING CAPILLARY PHENOMENA AND LIQUID SCINTILLATOR -- 3.6. POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTION OF THERMAL NEUTRONS WITH SOLID STATE DETECTORS (GD SI PLANAR DETECTORS) -- 3.6.1. Characteristics of Detector -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.