The application discloses a self-tracking long-distance
neutron source detection device and method, which can quickly obtain the accurate distance of a
neutron source, and further reconstruct the three-dimensional space distribution of the
neutron source, and improve the searching efficiency. The device comprises a
detector double-sided array, a first
detector array is used to determine the first collision point coordinates and the first energy value of each neutron incident to the
detector, and a second
detector array is used to determine the corresponding second collision point coordinates; a
data processing system is used to determine the
elastic collision angle, and according to the first collision point coordinates, the second collision point coordinates and the
elastic collision angle of each neutron, the
projection image of the
neutron source on a specified plane is reconstructed, and the azimuthal coordinate of the
neutron source is obtained; and a
motion control system and an array automatic adjustment mechanism are used to control the detector double-sided array to perform horizontal rotation and
pitch adjustment according to the azimuthal coordinate of the
neutron source, and adjust the arrangement parameters of the detectors in the detector double-sided array, so that the reconstructed image of the neutron source is obtained.