Comparing analog and digital pulse-shape-discrimination system performance for Organic-Liquid Scintillators

Charles S. Sosa; Marek Flaska; Sara A. Pozzi

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2014.7431097

Comparing analog and digital pulse-shape-discrimination system performance for Organic-Liquid Scintillators

Charles S. Sosa, Marek Flaska, Sara A. Pozzi

Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Abstract

This work compares the PSD performance of two systems: one digital (NI PXI-5124) and one analog (Mesytec MPD4). Both systems were optimized for the best possible PSD performance, when using the same data acquisition system: PXI-5124, having 12 bit resolution, 10 V pulse-height dynamic range, and a 200 MHz sampling rate. Measurement conditions were kept identical between systems. A 5×5″ Organic-Liquid Scintillator (EJ-309), coupled to a PMT (ETL-9821), = was used to measure Cf-252. FOM values helped to quantify PSD performance for both systems. The results indicate that the analog PSD system marginally outperformed the digital PSD system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479960972
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2014.7431097
State	Published - Mar 10 2016
Event	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014 - Seattle, United States Duration: Nov 8 2014 → Nov 15 2014

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Other	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle
Period	11/8/14 → 11/15/14

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Sosa, C. S., Flaska, M., & Pozzi, S. A. (2016). Comparing analog and digital pulse-shape-discrimination system performance for Organic-Liquid Scintillators. In 2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014 Article 7431097 (2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2014.7431097

Sosa, Charles S. ; Flaska, Marek ; Pozzi, Sara A. / Comparing analog and digital pulse-shape-discrimination system performance for Organic-Liquid Scintillators. 2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. (2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014).

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Sosa, CS, Flaska, M & Pozzi, SA 2016, Comparing analog and digital pulse-shape-discrimination system performance for Organic-Liquid Scintillators. in 2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014., 7431097, 2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014, Seattle, United States, 11/8/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2014.7431097

Comparing analog and digital pulse-shape-discrimination system performance for Organic-Liquid Scintillators. / Sosa, Charles S.; Flaska, Marek; Pozzi, Sara A.
2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7431097 (2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014).

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Sosa CS, Flaska M, Pozzi SA. Comparing analog and digital pulse-shape-discrimination system performance for Organic-Liquid Scintillators. In 2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. 7431097. (2014 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2014). doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2014.7431097

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