Abstract
The response of large (4×6) deuterated liquid scintillators (up to 10 cm diameter by 15 cm) to neutrons in the energy range from 0.5 MeV to 20 MeV has been studied using several nuclear reactions, including d(d,n), and 12C(d,n)13N, at the University of Notre Dame FN tandem accelerator. The latter two reactions utilized 9 MeV and 16 MeV deuteron beams, including a pulsed beam that also permitted time-of-flight (ToF) measurements. Combining pulse-shape discrimination and (ToF) allows gating on specific neutron energy groups to determine the detector response to specific neutron energies. Newly-obtained and optimized pulse shape discrimination using digitized pulse analysis from these detectors will be presented in this paper. These measurements confirmed the ability of these detectors to provide useful neutron spectra without ToF.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Applications of Nuclear Techniques - Eleventh International Conference |
Pages | 249-253 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Volume | 1412 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 28 2011 |
Event | 11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques - Crete, Greece Duration: Jun 12 2011 → Jun 18 2011 |
Other
Other | 11th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques |
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Country/Territory | Greece |
City | Crete |
Period | 6/12/11 → 6/18/11 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)