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Spectrometers for fast neutrons from solar flares
R J Slobodrian1, L Potvin, C Rioux
1Universite Laval, Departement de Physique, Quebec, Canada.
Advances in Space Research : the Official Journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
Neutrons with energies exceeding 1 GeV are emitted in the course of solar flares. Suitable dedicated neutron spectrometers with directional characteristics are necessary for a systematic spectroscopy of solar neutrons. We report here a study of instruments based on the detection of proton recoils from hydrogenous media, with double scattering in order to provide directional information, and also a novel scheme based on the detection of radiation from the neutron magnetic dipole moment, permitting also directional detection of neutrons. Specific designs and detection systems are discussed.