A novel type of thermal neutron detector based on the gas electron multiplier (GEM)
technology is presented in the framework of the research and development activity on the 3 …

Gadolinium (Gd) is a competent neutron conversion material due to its extremely large
neutron capture cross-section, which makes it an attractive choice for thermal neutron …

In the last decade, the interest in scintillating fiber optics for ionizing radiation monitoring is
constantly increasing. Among the fields of possible applications of these sensors, radiation …

Experimental tests are presented that assess the cross-talk level among three scintillation
detectors used as neutron counters exploiting the thermal neutron radiative capture on Cd …

The measurement of the distribution of kinetic energy carried by neutron particles is of
interest to the health physics and radiation protection industry. Neutron particle spectral …

Originally developed as the readout for calorimeters in high-energy physics experiments, the
silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) has found use in a wide range of fields requiring the detection …

The detection of causal influences is a topical problem in time series analysis. A traditional
approach is based on Granger causality and increasingly often used in very diverse fields …