TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of unfolding approaches for monoenergetic and continuous fast-neutron energy spectra
AU - Pehlivanovic, B.
AU - Avdic, S.
AU - Marinkovic, P.
AU - Pozzi, S. A.
AU - Flaska, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development , Republic of Serbia, under a grant to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering , University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, 451-01-968/2010-01/171028.
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Proton-recoil detectors offer the possibility to unfold fast-neutron energy spectra of various sources. However, quantifying the confidence of the unfolding methodology is a complex task. In this paper, we present a comparative analysis of the maximum-likelihood, expectation-maximization (MLEM) method and one-step-late (OSL) method for neutron energy spectra unfolding. The analysis is performed on Monte Carlo simulated data for several monoenergetic neutron sources and continuous-in-energy 252Cf, 241Am-Be and 241Am-Li neutron sources. The results obtained for the monoenergetic neutron spectra show that both unfolding methods provide results that are in good agreement with the reference data. Very good agreement between the unfolded and the reference data is achieved for 252Cf, 241Am-Be, and 241Am-Li neutron spectra by using the OSL method. In the paper it is demonstrated that the MLEM and OSL methods can be applied to accurately unfold the simulated pulse-height distributions for organic liquid scintillation detectors. Comparative analysis between the two unfolding methods has shown that the OSL method has superior unfolding performance than the MLEM method.
AB - Proton-recoil detectors offer the possibility to unfold fast-neutron energy spectra of various sources. However, quantifying the confidence of the unfolding methodology is a complex task. In this paper, we present a comparative analysis of the maximum-likelihood, expectation-maximization (MLEM) method and one-step-late (OSL) method for neutron energy spectra unfolding. The analysis is performed on Monte Carlo simulated data for several monoenergetic neutron sources and continuous-in-energy 252Cf, 241Am-Be and 241Am-Li neutron sources. The results obtained for the monoenergetic neutron spectra show that both unfolding methods provide results that are in good agreement with the reference data. Very good agreement between the unfolded and the reference data is achieved for 252Cf, 241Am-Be, and 241Am-Li neutron spectra by using the OSL method. In the paper it is demonstrated that the MLEM and OSL methods can be applied to accurately unfold the simulated pulse-height distributions for organic liquid scintillation detectors. Comparative analysis between the two unfolding methods has shown that the OSL method has superior unfolding performance than the MLEM method.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.12.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873989182
SN - 1350-4487
VL - 49
SP - 109
EP - 114
JO - Radiation Measurements
JF - Radiation Measurements
IS - 1
ER -