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³He neutron detector with Android smartphone integration
Department of Physics and Technology, al-Farabi Kazakh National University 71, al-Farabi Ave, Almaty, 050040, The Republic of Kazakhstan.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1399-4089
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1147-6592
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7117-8012
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Ibragimov Street 1, Almaty, 050032, The Republic of Kazakhstan.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5144-0677
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2025 (English)In: Physical Sciences and Technology, ISSN 2409-6121, Vol. 12, no 3-4, p. 80-88Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We have developed a homemade neutron flux detection module with 3He tube hot-swap capability and control-rich Android software interface. Real-time data analysis is done by a smartphone with Android application interfaced with the detector via a USB cable. This setup can be used as a neutron and gamma ray background detector or as a compact, mobile 3He tubes calibration tool making it a cheap and easy-to-use alternative for the stationary setups. A fast neutron detection algorithm was implemented as a set of Java scripts and tested for real-time signal analysis. The modular structure of the device allows easy deployment and customization with further software development and regular upgrades. The current prototype was tested at the Nuclear Physics Research Institute under different neutron flux intensity conditions from the VVR-K water-cooled research reactor. Its simplicity and significantly lower cost, compared with conventional detector equipment, make it valuable for easy repetitive tasks with medium requirements for precision and neutron flux intensities.

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al-Farabi Kazakh National University , 2025. Vol. 12, no 3-4, p. 80-88
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³He detector, proportional counter, android application, functional clustering, neutron capture, USB interface.
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Nuclear Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-248131DOI: 10.26577/phst20251228OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-248131DiVA, id: diva2:2025253
Available from: 2026-01-05 Created: 2026-01-05 Last updated: 2026-01-08Bibliographically approved

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