Patent ID: 7767965

Claim:
A neutron detector comprising: a plurality of neutron detecting element sections, each said neutron detecting element section having; a superconducting element including a substrate having at least one of surfaces thereof formed of a dielectric material, a strip line of the superconducting material formed on said surface and electrodes formed at opposed ends of said strip line, resistance determining sections adapted for determining generation of heat resulting from a nuclear reaction between a superconducting element in the strip line and neutrons, through detection of change in a resistance value of said strip line, a heat dissipation setting section provided on a back side portion of said substrate opposite to said surface having said strip line formed thereon, said heat dissipation setting section adapted for setting dissipation characteristics of said heat resulting from the nuclear reaction, and the heat dissipation characteristics being differentiated from each other between/among the neutron detecting element sections.