Optimal Detector Position and Structure for a New 3-axis CMOS Thermal Microaccelerometer

Author(s):  
Sonia Abdellatif ◽  
Brahim Mezghani ◽  
Frederick Mailly ◽  
Pascal Nouet
2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (10) ◽  
pp. 1579-1583
Author(s):  
Shin Horikawa ◽  
Songtao Du ◽  
Yuzhe Liu ◽  
Xu Lu ◽  
I-Hsuan Chen ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 263-279
Author(s):  
M. Klausz ◽  
K. Kanaki ◽  
T. Kittelmann ◽  
R. Toft-Petersen ◽  
J. O. Birk ◽  
...  

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is intended to become the most powerful spallation neutron source in the world and the flagship of neutron science in upcoming decades. The exceptionally high neutron flux will provide unique opportunities for scientific experiments but also set high requirements for the detectors. One of the most challenging aspects is the rate capability and in particular the peak instantaneous rate capability, i.e. the number of neutrons hitting the detector per channel or cm2 at the peak of the neutron pulse. The primary purpose of this paper is to estimate the incident rates that are anticipated for the BIFROST instrument planned for ESS, and also to demonstrate the use of powerful simulation tools for the correct interpretation of neutron transport in crystalline materials. A full simulation model of the instrument from source to detector position, implemented with the use of multiple simulation software packages, is presented. For a single detector tube, instantaneous incident rates with a maximum of 1.7 GHz for a Bragg peak from a single crystal and 0.3 MHz for a vanadium sample are found. This paper also includes the first application of a new pyrolytic graphite model and a comparison of different simulation tools to highlight their strengths and weaknesses.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Hoon Jang ◽  
Hyung Jin Shim

A simple method using the time-dependent Monte Carlo (TDMC) neutron transport calculation is presented to determine an effective detector position for the prompt neutron decay constant (α) measurement through the pulsed-neutron-source (PNS) experiment. In the proposed method, the optimum detector position is searched by comparing amplitudes of detector signals at different positions when their α estimates by the slope fitting are converged. The developed method is applied to the Pb-Bi-zoned ADS experimental benchmark at Kyoto University Critical Assembly. The α convergence time estimated by the TDMC PNS simulation agrees well with the experimental results. The α convergence time map and the corresponding signal amplitude map predicted by the developed method show that polyethylene moderator regions adjacent to fuel region are better positions than other candidates for the PNS α measurement.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 558-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Kieffer ◽  
V. Valls ◽  
N. Blanc ◽  
C. Hennig

New calibration tools in the pyFAI suite for processing scattering experiments acquired with area detectors are presented. These include a new graphical user interface for calibrating the detector position in a scattering experiment performed with a fixed large area detector, as well as a library to be used in Jupyter notebooks for calibrating the motion of a detector on a goniometer arm (or any other moving table) to perform diffraction experiments.


2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 895-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nir Nossenson ◽  
Hagit Messer

We address the problem of detecting the presence of a recurring stimulus by monitoring the voltage on a multiunit electrode located in a brain region densely populated by stimulus reactive neurons. Published experimental results suggest that under these conditions, when a stimulus is present, the measurements are gaussian with typical second-order statistics. In this letter we systematically derive a generic, optimal detector for the presence of a stimulus in these conditions and describe its implementation. The optimality of the proposed detector is in the sense that it maximizes the life span (or time to injury) of the subject. In addition, we construct a model for the acquired multiunit signal drawing on basic assumptions regarding the nature of a single neuron, which explains the second-order statistics of the raw electrode voltage measurements that are high-pass-filtered above 300 Hz. The operation of the optimal detector and that of a simpler suboptimal detection scheme is demonstrated by simulations and on real electrophysiological data.


1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1061-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Toby ◽  
H. I. Schiff

Deuterium was dissociated on a hot tungsten filament and the atom concentration measured by isothermal calorimetry. The recombination coefficient of deuterium atoms on a glass surface, coated with metaphosphoric acid, was found to be 3.8 × 10−5, and similar to that found for hydrogen atoms. The reactions of H-atoms and D-atoms with ethylene were found to be very rapid. The effects on the yields of the products and on their isotopic composition of variations of reactant flow rate, atom concentration, pressure, and atom-detector position were studied. The major products were methanes, ethanes, and ethylenes, with minor amounts of propanes and butanes. The methanes were always highly deuterated while the ethanes were slightly deuterated. A mechanism is proposed to explain the observations based on a flow pattern in the reaction zone. The possibility of differences in the reaction rates of variously deuterated intermediates is also discussed.


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