Design and performance of a hybrid fast and thermal neutron detector

Singh, M.; Sonay, A.; DENİZ, MUHAMMED; Agartioglu, M.; Asryan, G.; Kumar, G.; Li, H.; Li, J.; Lin, F.; Lin, S.; Sharma, V.; Singh, L.; Singh, V.; Subrahmanyam, V.; Soma, A.; Wong, H.; Yang, S.; Yildirim, I.; Yue, Q.; ZEYREK, MEHMET

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.052

Design and performance of a hybrid fast and thermal neutron detector

Singh M. K., Sonay A., DENİZ M., Agartioglu M., Asryan G., Kumar G. K., ...Daha Fazla

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, cilt.868, ss.109-118, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 868
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.052
Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.109-118
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.