International Workshop on Fast Neutron Detectors and Applications

The workshop has two main objectives. Firstly, it will aim at reviewing recent developments in the construction of neutron detectors for energies from the keV to the GeV range. This includes the improved understanding of basic processes in materials used for neutron detection as well as techniques and data relevant for modeling of neutron detectors. The second focus of the workshop will be on the applications of fast neutron detectors in various fields of science and technology. Both new emerging applications and novel techniques in established fields will be presented. In addition, methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons will be discussed. The workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of information between the various communities using fast neutrons to carry out their specific tasks.

The proceedings of the workshop have been peer-reviewed by the international reviewer committee below.

Editorial Board
Ahmad Khurshid, Baba Mamoru, Bertalot Luciano, Blomgren Jan, Brooks D. F., Dangendorf Volker (chairman), Gressier Vincent, Hall M. James, Jahnke Ulrich, Klein Horst, Kudo Katsuhisa, McKinney Gregg, Mulhauser Françoise, Nolte Ralf, Reginatto Marcel, Ritter Sylvia, Schuhmacher Helmut, Seidel Klaus, Sowerby Brian, Titt Uwe, Vartsky David

Sessions
Introductory talk
Fast neutron detectors (oral)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (oral)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (oral)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (oral)
Applications (oral)
Fast neutron detectors (posters)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (posters)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (posters)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (posters)
Applications (posters)
Fast neutron detectors (review talks)
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (review talks)
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (review talks)
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (review talks)
Applications (review talks)

Introductory talk
SCINTILLATION DETECTORS FOR FAST NEUTRONS PoS(FNDA2006)097 pdf H. Klein and F.D. Brooks
Fast neutron detectors (oral)
LIGHT-ION PRODUCTION AND FISSION STUDIES USING THE MEDLEY FACILITY AT TSL PoS(FNDA2006)001 pdf S. Pomp, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, P. Mermod, A. Ohrn, N. Olsson, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan
AN IMPROVED EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP FOR (N,XN) REACTIONS STUDIES PoS(FNDA2006)003 pdf X. Ledoux, I. Lantuejoul, N. Arnal, J.M. Laborie, J.P. Lochard, P. Pras and C. Varignon
A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF A WIDE ENERGY RANGE PROPORTIONAL COUNTER NEUTRON SPECTROMETER PoS(FNDA2006)005 pdf M. Benmosbah, J.E. Groetz, P. Crovisier, B. Asselineau, L. Van-Ryckeghem, H. Truffert, A. Cadiou and D. Ziarnowski
CANADIAN HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM (CHENSS) PoS(FNDA2006)006 pdf M.B. Smith, H.R. Andrews, E.T.H. Clifford, H. Ing, V.T. Koslowsky, R.A. Noulty, M. Zhang, L.G.I. Bennett, M.L. Boudreau, A.R. Green, B.J. Lewis, R. Nolte and S. Rottger
FAST NEUTRON IMAGING WITH CCD-DETECTORS AND IMAGE PLATES PoS(FNDA2006)007 pdf V. Mikerov, E. Bogolubov, V. Samosyuk and S. Verushkin
TIME-RESOLVED FAST-NEUTRON IMAGING WITH A PULSE-COUNTING IMAGE INTENSIFIER PoS(FNDA2006)008 pdf V. Dangendorf, R. Lauck, F. Kaufmann, J. Barnstedt, A. Breskin, O. Jagutzki, M. Krämer and D. Vartsky
A NOVEL FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR FOR NUCLEAR DATA MEASUREMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)009 pdf I. Sagrado-Garcia, G. Ban, V. Blideanu, J. Blomgren, P. Eudes, J.M. Fontbonne, Y. Foucher, A. Guertin, F. Hadad, L. Hay, A. Hildebrand, G. Iltis, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, J.L. Lecouey, T. Lefort, N. Marie, N. Olsson, S. Pomp, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and J.C. Steckmeyer
FAST NEUTRON DETECTORS BASED ON MICROMEGAS TECHNOLOGY PoS(FNDA2006)010 pdf S. Andriamonje, I. Giomataris and J. Pancin
INVESTIGATING CRYOGENIC DETECTORS FOR FAST NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY USING SILICON ABSORBERS AND TRANSITION EDGE SENSORS PoS(FNDA2006)012 pdf S.J. Smith, J.I.W. Watterson and R.M. Ambrosi
HIGH ENERGY RESOLUTION FAST NEUTRON SPECTROMTER PoS(FNDA2006)013 pdf T. Niedermayr, I.D. Hau, S. Friedrich, A. Burger, U. Roy and Z.W. Bell
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (oral)
INTERNATIONAL QUALITY CONTROL OF NEUTRON CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)014 pdf H. Klein
THE PHOTONEUTRON SOURCES AT THE RADIATION FACILITY ELBE PoS(FNDA2006)015 pdf J. Klug, E. Altstadt, C. Beckert, R. Beyer, H. Freiesleben, V. Galindo, M. Greschner, E. Grosse, A.R. Junghans, D. Legrady, B. Naumann, K. Noack, K.D. Schilling, R. Schlenk, S. Schneider, K. Seidel, A. Wagner and F.P. Weiss
A NEW NEUTRON BEAM FACILITY AT TSL PoS(FNDA2006)016 pdf A.V. Prokofiev, O. Bystrom, C. Ekstrom, V. Ziemann, J. Blomgren, S. Pomp, M. Osterlund and U. Tippawan
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 2.5 MEV NEUTRON FIELD FOR MONOENERGETIC FAST NEUTRON FLUENCE STANDARD AT THE NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE OF JAPAN PoS(FNDA2006)017 pdf H. Harano, T. Matsumoto, T. Shimoyama, T. Hata, K. Moriyama, K. Kudo, S. Miwa, T. Koyamada and A. Uritani
PRODUCTION OF FAST NEUTRON WITH A PLASMA FOCUS DEVICE PoS(FNDA2006)018 pdf M. Gai
FAST-NEUTRON PRODUCTION VIA BREAK-UP OF 500 MeV DEUTERONS PoS(FNDA2006)019 pdf F. Gutermuth, S. Beceiro, H. Emling, G. Fehrenbacher, E. Kozlova, T. Radon, T. Aumann, T. Le Bleis, K. Boretzky, H. Johansson, O. Kiselev and H. Simon
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAM (RIB) PRODUCTION BY FAST-NEUTRON-INDUCED FISSION IN ACTINIDE TARGETS AT EURISOL PoS(FNDA2006)020 pdf A. Herrera-Martinez and Y. Kadi
NEUTRONS FOR SCIENCE (NFS) AT SPIRAL-2 PoS(FNDA2006)021 pdf D. Ridikas and X. Ledoux
FAST NEUTRON BEAMS - PROSPECTS FOR THE COMING DECADE PoS(FNDA2006)022 pdf J. Blomgren
PORTABLE NEUTRON GENERATORS OF VNIIA AND THEIR APPLICATIONS PoS(FNDA2006)023 pdf V. Mikerov, Y.N. Barmakov, E. Bogolubov and V. Ryzhkov
METHODS OF NEUTRON SOURCE STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)024 pdf N. Moiseev and I. Kharitonov
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (oral)
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THE RESPONSE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF PROTON RECOIL PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS PoS(FNDA2006)025 pdf R. Babut and V. Gressier
CALCULATION OF SECONDARY NEUTRON FIELDS GENERATED BY HIGH-ENERGY HEAVY-ION REACTIONS USING MONTE-CARLO CODE PHITS PoS(FNDA2006)026 pdf H. Iwase, D. Schardt, K. Gunzert-Marx, E. Haettner and K. Niita
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (oral)
PERFORMANCES OF DIGITAL ACQUISITION FOR A BC501A DETECTOR SYSTEM PoS(FNDA2006)027 pdf L. Lebreton, J.F. Guerre-Chaley, D. Manuel, B. Duponchel and V. Maury
A DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM OPTIMIZED FOR SPECTROMETRY WITH LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS PoS(FNDA2006)028 pdf D. Marocco, M. Riva, B. Esposito, L. Bertalot and A. Zimbal
Applications (oral)
NEUTRON DETECTION, THE KEY TO DIRECTION SENSITIVE GEONEUTRINO DETECTION PoS(FNDA2006)096 pdf F.D. Smit, R.J. de-Meijer, R.W. Fearick and H.J. Wortche
IAEA PROGRAM FOR DETECTION OF ILLICIT MATERIALS PoS(FNDA2006)095 pdf F. Mulhauser, G. Mank, K. Baird, P. Colgan, N. Dytlewski, M. Gregoric and M. Zendel
TOMOGRAPHY OF CANISTERS FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL PoS(FNDA2006)030 pdf M. Osterlund, J. Blomgren, J. Donnard, A. Flodin, J. Gustafsson, M. Hayashi, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, L. Wallin, A. Ohrn and A.V. Prokofiev
NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR VOID MONITORING IN BOILING WATER REACTORS PoS(FNDA2006)031 pdf J. Blomgren
THE NEUTRONIC CHECK POINT: FAST NEUTRON TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS TO DETECT EXPLOSIVE IN VEHICLES PoS(FNDA2006)032 pdf S. Pesente, G. Nebbia, D. Fabris, M. Lunardon, S. Moretto and G. Viesti
RADIOGRAPHY AND TOMOGRAPHY USING FISSION NEUTRONS PoS(FNDA2006)033 pdf T. Bucherl and C. Lierse von Gostomski
HIGH RESOLUTION NEUTRON SPECTROMETRY WITH LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS FOR FUSION APPLICATIONS PoS(FNDA2006)035 pdf A. Zimbal, H. Klein, M. Reginatto, H. Schuhmacher, L. Bertalot and A. Murari
MONITORING OF 14 MeV NEUTRONS PoS(FNDA2006)037 pdf G. Ban, A. Billebaud, R. Brissot, J.M. Fontbonne, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, J.L. Lecouey, E. Liatard, N. Marie and J.C. Steckmeyer
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY FAST NEUTRONS PRODUCED IN CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY PoS(FNDA2006)038 pdf D. Schardt, H. Iwase, R.S. Simon and K. Gunzert-Marx
UPGRADE OF THE MAGNETIC PROTON RECOIL (MPRU) SPECTROMETER FOR 1.5-18 MEV NEUTRONS FOR JET AND THE NEXT STEP PoS(FNDA2006)039 pdf G. Ericsson, E. Andersson-Sunden, H. Sjostrand, S. Conroy, M. Gatu-Johnson, L. Giacomelli, C. Hellesen, A. Hjalmarsson, J. Kallne, E. Ronchi, M. Weiszflog, G. Wikstrom, G. Gorini, M. Tardocchi, R.C. Pereira, A. Combo, N. Cruz, J. Sousa, C. Correia and S. Popovichev
FISSION CROSS SECTIONS MEASURED AT N-TOF WITH A COINCIDENCE METHOD PoS(FNDA2006)040 pdf L. Tassan-Got, L. Audouin, B. Berthier, L. Ferrant, S. Isaev, C. Le Naour, C. Stephan, D. Trubert, I. Duran and C. Paradela
FERMILAB NEUTRON THERAPY FACILITY / NEUTRON SPECTRUM DETERMINATION BY THRESHOLD FOILS PoS(FNDA2006)041 pdf Z. Wang, N.E. Hertel, E. Burgett and A. Lennox
Fast neutron detectors (posters)
FAST NEUTRON RESPONSE OF A 6Li-LOADED LIQUID SCINTILLATOR PoS(FNDA2006)046 pdf M. Hayashi, Y. Watanabe, D. Kaku, H. Nakashima and K. Sagara
A MONITOR FOR NEUTRON FLUX MEASUREMENTS UP TO 20 MeV PoS(FNDA2006)048 pdf A. Öhrn, J. Blomgren, H. Park, S. Khurana, R. Nolte, D. Schmidt and K. Wilhelmsen
THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH-ENERGY REFLECTED NEUTRON FROM ALUMINUM WITH THRESHOLD DETECTORS PoS(FNDA2006)051 pdf L. Xinxin, L. Rong, J. Li and W. Mei
SCANDAL - A FACILITY FOR ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING STUDIES IN THE 50-130 MeV RANGE PoS(FNDA2006)052 pdf J. Blomgren, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev, U. Tippawan, J.F. Lecolley, F.R. Lecolley, N. Marie-Noury, I. Sagrado-Garcia, G. Ban, G. Iltiss and J.M. Fontbonne
DOUBLE DIFFERENTIAL NEUTRON YIELDS FROM THICK TARGETS INDUCED BY RELATIVISTIC CARBON AND URANIUM BEAMS PoS(FNDA2006)057 pdf K. Gunzert-Marx, T. Radon, G. Fehrenbacher, F. Gutermuth and D. Schardt
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (posters)
PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS OF FAST NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY WITH D-Be REACTION PoS(FNDA2006)058 pdf Y. Zou, Y. Pei, D. Mo, G. Tang, J. Guo, J. Xu, G. Zhang and Z. Guo
INVESTIGATION OF THE 15N(p,n) REACTION FOR USE AS A NEUTRON SOURCE IN SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)059 pdf E. Ponitz, R. Nolte and D. Schmidt
AMANDE ACCELERATOR PERFORMANCES PoS(FNDA2006)061 pdf V. Gressier, B. Asselineau, J.F. Guerre-Chaley, A. Martin and H. Muller
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (posters)
NEUTRON SPECTRA UNFOLDING WITH MINIMUM FISHER REGULARISATION PoS(FNDA2006)063 pdf J. Mlynar, L. Bertalot, M. Tsalas, G. Bonheure and S. Conroy
MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS OF TIME-RESOLVED, OPTICAL READOUT DETECTOR FOR FAST-NEUTRON TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY PoS(FNDA2006)064 pdf I. Mor, D. Vartsky, I. Mardor, M.B. Goldberg, D. Bar, G. Feldman, V. Dangendorf, A. Breskin and R. Chechik
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (posters)
NOISE ELIMINATION IN LEAD-SLOWING DOWN NEUTRON SPECTROMETER USING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING PoS(FNDA2006)067 pdf T. Oishi, T. Yamauchi, M. Hagiwara, M. Baba, H. Yuki, T. Otsuki and J. Hori
Applications (posters)
FAST-NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR TRANSMUTATION IN ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN SYSTEMS PoS(FNDA2006)068 pdf J. Blomgren and M. Habib
FAST NEUTRON SCATTERING ON CARBON AND OXYGEN PoS(FNDA2006)071 pdf P. Mermod, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, M. Osterlund, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan
FAST NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS FOR THE CSIRO AIR CARGO SCANNER PoS(FNDA2006)074 pdf J.E. Eberhardt, A.J. McEwan, D. Milinkovic, V. Sharp, B. Sowerby and J.R. Tickner
ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING STUDIES AT 96 MeV FOR TRANSMUTATION PoS(FNDA2006)075 pdf M. Osterlund, J. Blomgren, M. Hayashi, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, S. Pomp, A. Ohrn, A.V. Prokofiev and U. Tippawan
NEUTRON-INDUCED LIGHT ION PRODUCTION FROM Fe, Pb AND U AT 96 MeV PoS(FNDA2006)078 pdf S. Pomp, V. Blideanu, J. Blomgren, P. Eudes, A. Guertin, F. Haddad, C. Johansson, J. Klug, C. Le-Brun, F.R. Lecolley, J.F. Lecolley, T. Lefort, M. Louvel, N. Marie, P. Mermod, A.V. Prokofiev, U. Tippawan, A. Ohrn and M. Osterlund
LIGHT CHARGED PARTICLE PRODUCTION IN 96 MEV NEUTRON INDUCED REACTIONS ON OXYGEN PoS(FNDA2006)079 pdf U. Tippawan, S. Pomp, A. Atac, B. Bergenwall, J. Blomgren, S. Dangtip, A. Hildebrand, C. Johansson, J. Klug, P. Mermod, L. Nilsson, M. Osterlund, N. Olsson, A.V. Prokofiev, P. Nadel-Turonski, V. Corcalciuc and A.J. Koning
RBE OF 200 MEV NEUTRON RADIATION FOR THE INDUCTION OF CHROMOSOMAL ABBERATION IN HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES PoS(FNDA2006)082 pdf R. Nolte, V. Dangendorf, A. Buffler, F.D. Brooks, J.P. Slabbert, F.D. Smit, M. Haney, E. Schmid and G. Stephan
Fast neutron detectors (review talks)
PROSPECTS OF FAST-NEUTRON RESONANCE RADIOGRAPHY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUMENTATION PoS(FNDA2006)084 pdf D. Vartsky
NEUTRON DETECTOR SYSTEMS FOR NEUTRON NUCLEAR DATA MEASUREMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)085 pdf R.C. Haight
Methods and facilities for the production of fast neutrons (review talks)
QUASI-MONOEBREGETIC NEUTRON SOURCE PoS(FNDA2006)086 pdf M. Baba
Simulation of detectors and fast neutron facilities (review talks)
REVIEW OF MONTE CARLO ALL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODES AND OVERVIEW OF RECENT MCNPX FEATURES PoS(FNDA2006)088 pdf G. McKinney, J. Dragos, J. Hendricks, M. James, D. Pelowitz and L. Waters
REFERENCE CROSS SECTIONS RELEVANT FOR NEUTRON DETECTORS PoS(FNDA2006)089 pdf J. Blomgren
Signal processing and data analysis techniques (review talks)
DIGITISATION TECHNIQUES APPLIED IN NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)090 pdf F.J. Hambsch, S. Oberstedt, I. Fabry, N. Kornilov and S. Zeynalov
Applications (review talks)
NEUTRON DIAGNOSTICS FOR REACTOR SCALE FUSION EXPERIMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)091 pdf G. Bonheure, M. Angelone, R. Barnsley, L. Bertalot, S. Conroy, G. Ericsson, B. Esposito, J. Kaellne, M. Loughlin, A. Murari, J. Mlynar, M. Pillon, S. Popovichev, B. Syme, M. Tardocchi and M. Tsalas
FAST NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY INTERROGATION OF CARGO CONTAINERS PoS(FNDA2006)092 pdf J.E. Eberhardt, Y. Liu, S. Rainey, G.J. Roach, R.J. Stevens, B. Sowerby and J.R. Tickner
FUSION NEUTRONICS EXPERIMENTS PoS(FNDA2006)093 pdf K. Seidel, M. Angelone, P. Batistoni, U. Fischer, H. Freiesleben, A. Klix, D. Leichtle, M. Pillon, E. Ponitz, I. Schafer and S. Unholzer