Application of Energy-Resolving Neutron Imaging to Major-Component Analyses of Materials Using Four-Channel Superconducting Detector
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The Dang Vu
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Division of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570 Japan
Correspondence to: The Dang Vu. E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorHiroaki Shishido
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Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKazuya Aizawa
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakayuki Oku
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKenichi Oikawa
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasahide Harada
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKenji M. Kojima
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Centre for Molecular and Materials Science, TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorShigeyuki Miyajima
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Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKazuhiko Soyama
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTomio Koyama
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Division of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMutsuo Hidaka
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Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSoh Y. Suzuki
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Computing Research Center, Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorManobu M. Tanaka
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Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasahiko Machida
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Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-0871 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShuichi Kawamata
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Division of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakekazu Ishida
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Division of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
The Dang Vu
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Division of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570 Japan
Correspondence to: The Dang Vu. E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorHiroaki Shishido
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Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKazuya Aizawa
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakayuki Oku
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKenichi Oikawa
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasahide Harada
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKenji M. Kojima
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Centre for Molecular and Materials Science, TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
Search for more papers by this authorShigeyuki Miyajima
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Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 588-2 Iwaoka, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-2492 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKazuhiko Soyama
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Materials and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTomio Koyama
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Division of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMutsuo Hidaka
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Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSoh Y. Suzuki
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Computing Research Center, Applied Research Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorManobu M. Tanaka
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Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorMasahiko Machida
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Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-0871 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShuichi Kawamata
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Division of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorTakekazu Ishida
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Division of Quantum and Radiation Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570 Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
We proposed a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) as a novel superconducting detector to construct a neutron transmission imager. The characteristics of a superconducting neutron detector have been systematically studied to improve a spatial resolution down to 10 in transmission imaging. In this study, we report the application of the energy-resolving neutron imaging to investigate major components of materials by analyzing neutron transmission spectra from 1 meV to 500 keV. We succeeded in identifying that copper (Cu) and iron (Fe) are major components respectively in commercial nuts and screws as test samples with the aid of Rietveld imaging of transmission spectra (RITS) program in analyzing transmission spectra in longer wavelengths. The Ti screw was also confirmed by comparing the nuclear resonance absorption measurements and simulations in high-energy regions. We demonstrated that our superconducting neutron detector is applicable to reveal the transmission spectra in the wide range from cold-neutron energies to higher neutron energies even up to 500 keV. By selecting distinctive energy regions of pulsed neutrons, we succeeded in mapping the distribution of SmSn3 compound using the strong neutron absorption in samarium (Sm) and the selective nuclear-resonance dips in Sm. By taking advantage of using CB-KID in conducting neutron imaging, the CB-KID method is extensively useful for various purposes in material sciences through energy-selective neutron spectroscopy from 1 meV to 500 keV. © 2024 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan and Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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