@inbook{60ca7d76885e4c3990a776cada62fca0,
title = "Gas-Based Detectors",
abstract = "This chapter is devoted to thermal neutron detectors which rely on gas proportional detection technology, and in particular, detectors which use helium-3 as the proportional gas. The physics of neutron capture and charge creation and drift in helium-3 detectors is discussed. The construction and operation of position sensitive detectors, both linear PSD and 2-D, or area detectors, is described in detail. Materials of construction, detector signal processing electronics, and noise sources and noise analysis are among the topics covered. The chapter concludes with a section on neutron beam monitors, a specialized type of detector which is typically placed in the direct beam to provide neutron beam flux and timing information relevant to the neutron scattering experiment.",
keywords = "Gas proportional detector, Helium-3, Neutron beam monitor, Position sensitive detector",
author = "Justin Beal and Berry, {Kevin D.} and Loren Funk",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-36546-1_3",
language = "English",
series = "Particle Acceleration and Detection",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "55--169",
booktitle = "Particle Acceleration and Detection",
}