Experimental research on a boron-coated multi-wire proportional chamber neutron detector Ying Zhang, Yan-Feng Wang, Xiao-Hu Wang, Xiao-qing Tu, Jian-Rong Zhou, Bo Yang, Zhi-Jia Sun, Ping Cao, Qi An and Jian Gong Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 6 (2017) 264 Published online: 14 June 2017 DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11526-5