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Advances in Radiation Detection and Monitoring

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Physics General".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 1784

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Zhongchen Wu

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Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, School of Space Science and Physics, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
Interests: space radiation environment simulation and detection; ultraviolet radiation; X-ray detection; neutron detection; planetary science

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With regard to the rapid development of the nuclear industry, medical/biological sciences and space exploration, many new methods, new instruments and new applications for radiation detection and monitoring in those fields have shown a strong development for several years. Despite scientific and technological progress, there are several challenges and future developments that characterize the present academic, space and industry studies with respect to detection instrument design, new phenomenon finding and the application of new methods.

Considering the interest in this theme, we are organizing a Special Issue titled "Advances in Radiation Detection and Monitoring”, aimed at reporting the most recent findings from researchers and professionals in the sector, within the scope of the following themes:

  • New methods in radiation detection and monitoring;
  • New materials for radiation detection and monitoring;
  • New instruments in radiation detection and monitoring;
  • New applications in radiation detection and monitoring.

Prof. Dr. Zhongchen Wu
Guest Editor

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Towards a Timepix3 Radiation Monitor for the Accelerator Mixed Radiation Field: Characterisation with Protons and Alphas from 0.6 MeV to 5.6 MeV
by Daniel Prelipcean, Giuseppe Lerner, Ivan Slipukhin, David Lucsanyi, Hampus Sandberg, James Storey, Pedro Martin-Holgado, Amor Romero-Maestre, Yolanda Morilla García and Rubén García Alía
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(2), 624; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14020624 - 11 Jan 2024
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A Timepix3 detector with a 300 μm silicon sensor has been studied as a novel radiation monitor for the mixed radiation field at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. This work describes a test campaign carried out at Centro Nacional de [...] Read more.
A Timepix3 detector with a 300 μm silicon sensor has been studied as a novel radiation monitor for the mixed radiation field at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. This work describes a test campaign carried out at Centro Nacional de Aceleradores with quasi-mono energetic protons (alphas) from 0.6 (1) to 5 (5.6) MeV, where orthogonal irradiations are used to obtain an energy calibration, and a low-energy angular scan to estimate the front dead layer thickness of the sensor. The detector is operated in hole collection mode and at a partial bias of 250 μm at 50 V, which increases the charge sharing among pixels to mitigate the signal saturation at high energy depositions. The data, supported by FLUKA Monte Carlo simulations of energy losses in the sensor, show that the Timepix3 monitor operates in a linear regime up to energy depositions of around 600 keV per pixel and 2 MeV per cluster. As a result, the detector has been found to be suitable for measuring charged particle fluxes in the LHC mixed radiation field within the linear calibration regime, with the partial exception of inelastic nuclear reaction hits (mostly from neutrons). Full article
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Calculation of the Effects of Silver (Ag) Dopant on Radiation Shielding Efficiency of BiPbSrCaCuO Superconductor Ceramics Using EGS4 Code
by Selim Kaya
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(14), 8358; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148358 - 19 Jul 2023
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In the current study, the effects of silver (Ag) additive on the radiation shielding efficiency of BiPbSrCaCuO superconducting ceramics was calculated using the EGS4 code and discussed theoretically by comparison with XCOM data. The mass attenuation coefficients (µ/ρ) for BiPbSrCaCuO superconductor ceramics and [...] Read more.
In the current study, the effects of silver (Ag) additive on the radiation shielding efficiency of BiPbSrCaCuO superconducting ceramics was calculated using the EGS4 code and discussed theoretically by comparison with XCOM data. The mass attenuation coefficients (µ/ρ) for BiPbSrCaCuO superconductor ceramics and their contents were investigated theoretically (WinXcom and EGS4) at gamma-ray energies ranging from 59.5 to 1332 keV. The theoretical values were computed in the energy range from 1 keV to 100 MeV using the WinXcom program. Then, using the mass attenuation coefficients, some shielding parameters were determined, such as the mean free path (MFP), the half value layer (HVL), the effective atomic number (Zeff), the radiation protection efficiency (RPE), the macroscopic fast neutron removal cross-sections (ΣR, cm−1) and the gamma-ray kerma coefficients (kγ). Theoretically, the results obtained with XCOM and EGS-4 were found to be in good agreement. The radiation shielding efficiency (RPE), neutron removal cross-section (ΣR, cm−1), maximum and semi-valent layer (HVL), and mean free path (MFP) values were found to be smaller for BiPbSrCaCuO superconducting ceramics as the silver (Ag) contribution was increased. Data from this study can guide further research and development of shielding materials for gamma-ray and neutron shielding. Full article
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