LumaCam: A Novel Class of Position-Sensitive Event Mode Particle Detectors using Scintillator Screens

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Alexander M., and 8 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4830149/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 16 Dec, 2024 Read the published version in Scientific Reports → Version 1 posted 10 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract A new type of position-sensitive detectors is gaining attention in the neutron community. They are scintillator based detectors that detect the scintillation light on an individual photon basis via an image intensifier and a fast image sensor. Their readout operates in event mode i.e. it produces information about individual neutron interactions, reconstructed from the sensor data, thus enabling to achieve superior spatial and temporal resolutions compared to regular detectors. Although the development of current detectors is focused on neutrons, the concept is also applicable to the detection of other particles such as high-energy photons. This document provides a description on how these detectors are built, how they operate, and what their characteristics are. An example of a detector implementation based on a Timepix3 chip is described to illustrate the detector concept. This includes a detailed description of the event reconstruction algorithm, one of the core components that sets it apart from established detectors. Energy-resolved epithermal neutron radiography was performed at the ISIS EMMA beamline with this detector, illustrating some of the fundamental differences in the data that can be produced with the new type of detector compared to more established types of scintillator based neutron detectors. The term LumaCam is proposed to refer to this new class of position-sensitive event-mode detectors. Physical sciences/Physics/Particle physics/Experimental particle physics Physical sciences/Physics/Techniques and instrumentation/Imaging techniques Physical sciences/Physics/Techniques and instrumentation/Characterization and analytical techniques Full Text Additional Declarations Competing interest reported. A. Losko is the director of LoskoVision GmbH and A. Wolfertz receives a salary as an employee of LoskoVision GmbH. LoskoVision GmbH is a startup that offers detector solutions using technologies described in in this work. All other authors report no competing interests. 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