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Matěj Z, Mravec F, Jančár A, Košťál M, Kučera F, Cvachovec F, Prenosil V, Kopecký Z, Čulen J, Pecák O. Comparison of Neutron-Gamma Separation Qualities of Various Organic Scintillation Materials and Liquid Scintillator LSB-200. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND RADIATION SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4048767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In this work, we compare the pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) properties of newly developed liquid scintillator LSB-200, EJ-299-33A, BC-501A, stilbene, p-terphenyl, and Hidex Aqualight in neutron field generated by the LVR-15 reactor with silicon filter utilization. Pulses from the scintillators are processed by the Neutron-Gamma spectrometer. This spectrometric system with fast digitizer card contains two analog–digital converters with a resolution of 12 bits and sampling frequency 500 × 106 Hz. For photomultiplier linearity improvement, the active divider has been used. Measured data from scintillators have been processed using the integration method and compared. The results are presented.
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- Zdeněk Matěj
- Department of Computer Systems and Communications, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno 612 00, Czech Republic
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- VF, a.s., Svitavská 588, Černá Hora 67921, Czech Republic
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- VF, a.s., Svitavská 588, Černá Hora 67921, Czech Republic
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- Research Center Řež, Ltd., Hlavni 130, Husinec-Řež 250 68, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 464/118, Brno 612 00, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 656/123, Brno 612 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Computer Systems and Communications, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno 612 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Computer Systems and Communications, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno 612 00, Czech Republic
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- VF, a.s., Svitavská 588, Černá Hora 67921, Czech Republic
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- VF, a.s., Svitavská 588, Černá Hora 67921, Czech Republic
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- Department of Computer Systems and Communications, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno 612 00, Czech Republic; VF, a.s., Svitavská 588, Černá Hora 67921, Czech Republic
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Lotfi Y, Moussavi-Zarandi S, Ghal-Eh N, Bayat E. Optimization of pulse processing parameters for digital neutron-gamma discrimination. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.108346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ruan J, Ouyang X, Liu B, Chen L, Xu M, Zhu Z, Zhang Z, He S. Enhanced performance of a pulsed neutron detector by the plastic scintillator with a photonic crystal. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:123306. [PMID: 30599578 DOI: 10.1063/1.5048230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A detector based on the plastic scintillator film with large-area photonic crystals has been designed and demonstrated for measuring pulsed neutron flux. Compared with the reference detector, the neutron sensitivity and the gamma sensitivity of the detector using the scintillator film with photonic crystals were enhanced by more than 20%, which is attributed to the improved light extraction efficiency and the controllable angular profile of scintillation light by the photonic crystal. The application of the photonic crystals is beneficial to the improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio of the detector in the calibration experiment, thus expanding the lower limit of the measurable neutron flux without sacrificing the ratio of the neutron sensitivity to the gamma sensitivity. This research indicates that photonic crystals play an important role in the fields where scintillation photons need to be extracted and collected as many as possible.
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- Jinlu Ruan
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China
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- Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China
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