Design and performance of a hybrid fast and thermal neutron detector

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2017-10-01

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Singh, M. K.
Sonay, A.
DENİZ, MUHAMMED
Agartioglu, M.
Asryan, G.
Kumar, G. Kiran
Li, H. B.
Li, J.
Lin, F. K.
Lin, S. T.
Sharma, V.
Singh, L.
Singh, V.
Subrahmanyam, V. S.
Soma, A. K.
Wong, H. T.
Yang, S. W.
Yildirim, I. O.
Yue, Q.
Zeyrek, Mehmet Tevfik

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We report the characterization, calibration and performance of a custom-built hybrid detector consisting of BC501A liquid scintillator and BC702 scintillator for the detection of fast and thermal neutrons, respectively. Pulse Shape Discrimination techniques are developed to distinguish events due to gamma-rays, fast and thermal neutrons. Software analysis packages are developed to derive raw neutron energy spectra from measured proton recoil spectra. The validity is demonstrated through the reconstruction of the (AmBe)-Am-241(alpha,n) neutron spectrum. (C) 2017 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

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Pulse-shape discrimination, N-gamma discrimination, Liquid scintillator, Calibration, Bc501a

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/45969

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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.052

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M. K. Singh et al., “Design and performance of a hybrid fast and thermal neutron detector,” NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, pp. 109–118, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/45969.