A first comparison of the responses of a He-4-based fast-neutron detector and a NE-213 liquid-scintillator reference detector
| Autor: | H. Friederich, J. R. M. Annand, Ulisse Gendotti, Björn Nilsson, Kevin Fissum, G. Davatz, D. Murer, Mikael Lundin, Anders Rosborg, Julius Scherzinger, R. Chandra, Richard Hall-Wilton, Håkan Svensson, Kalliopi Kanaki, E. Hakansson, R. Jebali |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena FOS: Physical sciences Scintillator Electrical Engineering Electronic Engineering Information Engineering 4He Particle identification Optics Nuclear magnetic resonance NE-213 Neutron detection Fysik Neutron Fast neutrons Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) Elektroteknik och elektronik Nuclear Experiment Instrumentation Scintillation Physics Pulse-shape discrimination business.industry Detector Gamma ray Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) Neutron temperature Physical Sciences He-4 business Gamma-rays |
| ISSN: | 0168-9002 |
| Popis: | A first comparison has been made between the pulse-shape discrimination characteristics of a novel $^{4}$He-based pressurized scintillation detector and a NE-213 liquid-scintillator reference detector using an Am/Be mixed-field neutron and gamma-ray source and a high-resolution scintillation-pulse digitizer. In particular, the capabilities of the two fast neutron detectors to discriminate between neutrons and gamma-rays were investigated. The NE-213 liquid-scintillator reference cell produced a wide range of scintillation-light yields in response to the gamma-ray field of the source. In stark contrast, due to the size and pressure of the $^{4}$He gas volume, the $^{4}$He-based detector registered a maximum scintillation-light yield of 750~keV$_{ee}$ to the same gamma-ray field. Pulse-shape discrimination for particles with scintillation-light yields of more than 750~keV$_{ee}$ was excellent in the case of the $^{4}$He-based detector. Above 750~keV$_{ee}$ its signal was unambiguously neutron, enabling particle identification based entirely upon the amount of scintillation light produced. 23 pages, 7 figures, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A review addressed |
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