FNIT: A Telescope for Solar Neutron Observations from 3 to 100 MeV
Abstract
We present a Fast Neutron Imaging Telescope (FNIT) that is sensitive to neutrons in the energy range 3 – 100 MeV, optimized to study solar neutrons in the innermost heliosphere. The detection principle is based on multiple elastic neutron–proton scatterings in parallel plastic scintillator layers. Reaction kinematics allows then to determine direction and energy spectrum of the primary neutron flux. A performance evaluation prototype has been built, and we report on first laboratory measurements and Monte Carlo simulation results.
Department
Space Science Center
Publication Date
2005
Journal Title
International Journal of Modern Physics A
Publisher
World Scientific
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1142/S0217751X05029927
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Moser, M R.; Fluckiger, E O.; Ryan, James M.; Macri, John R.; and McConnell, Mark L., "FNIT: A Telescope for Solar Neutron Observations from 3 to 100 MeV" (2005). International Journal of Modern Physics A. 19.
https://scholars.unh.edu/ssc/19