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The light-yield response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector measured using 2–6 MeV tagged neutrons

Scherzinger, J. LU ; Al Jebali, R. ; Annand, J. R M ; Fissum, K. G. LU orcid ; Hall-Wilton, R. LU ; Kanaki, K. LU ; Lundin, M. LU ; Nilsson, B. ; Perrey, H. LU and Rosborg, A. LU , et al. (2016) In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 840. p.121-127
Abstract

The response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector has been measured using tagged neutrons from 2 to 6 MeV originating from an Am/Be neutron source. The neutron energies were determined using the time-of-flight technique. Pulse-shape discrimination was employed to discern between gamma-rays and neutrons. The behavior of both the fast (35 ns) and the combined fast and slow (475 ns) components of the neutron scintillation-light pulses were studied. Three different prescriptions were used to relate the neutron maximum energy-transfer edges to the corresponding recoil-proton scintillation-light yields, and the results were compared to simulations. The overall normalizations of parametrizations which predict the fast or total light yield... (More)

The response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector has been measured using tagged neutrons from 2 to 6 MeV originating from an Am/Be neutron source. The neutron energies were determined using the time-of-flight technique. Pulse-shape discrimination was employed to discern between gamma-rays and neutrons. The behavior of both the fast (35 ns) and the combined fast and slow (475 ns) components of the neutron scintillation-light pulses were studied. Three different prescriptions were used to relate the neutron maximum energy-transfer edges to the corresponding recoil-proton scintillation-light yields, and the results were compared to simulations. The overall normalizations of parametrizations which predict the fast or total light yield of the scintillation pulses were also tested. Our results agree with both existing data and existing parametrizations. We observe a clear sensitivity to the portion and length of the neutron scintillation-light pulse considered.

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Fast-neutrons, Gamma-rays, NE-213, Pulse-shape discrimination, Scintillations
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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840
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7 pages
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Elsevier
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0168-9002
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10.1016/j.nima.2016.10.011
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Repository: Source-Testing Facility (STF) Projects
Neutron Tagging
Development of Radiation Detectors and Radiation-Detection Techniques
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>The response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector has been measured using tagged neutrons from 2 to 6 MeV originating from an Am/Be neutron source. The neutron energies were determined using the time-of-flight technique. Pulse-shape discrimination was employed to discern between gamma-rays and neutrons. The behavior of both the fast (35 ns) and the combined fast and slow (475 ns) components of the neutron scintillation-light pulses were studied. Three different prescriptions were used to relate the neutron maximum energy-transfer edges to the corresponding recoil-proton scintillation-light yields, and the results were compared to simulations. The overall normalizations of parametrizations which predict the fast or total light yield of the scintillation pulses were also tested. Our results agree with both existing data and existing parametrizations. We observe a clear sensitivity to the portion and length of the neutron scintillation-light pulse considered.</p>}},
  author       = {{Scherzinger, J. and Al Jebali, R. and Annand, J. R M and Fissum, K. G. and Hall-Wilton, R. and Kanaki, K. and Lundin, M. and Nilsson, B. and Perrey, H. and Rosborg, A. and Svensson, H.}},
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  keywords     = {{Fast-neutrons; Gamma-rays; NE-213; Pulse-shape discrimination; Scintillations}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  pages        = {{121--127}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment}},
  title        = {{The light-yield response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector measured using 2–6 MeV tagged neutrons}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.10.011}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.nima.2016.10.011}},
  volume       = {{840}},
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