TY - JOUR
T1 - High-pressure 3He-Xe gas scintillators for simultaneous detection of neutrons and gamma rays over a large energy range
AU - Tornow, W.
AU - Esterline, J. H.
AU - Leckey, C. A.
AU - Weisel, G. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge contributions from A.P. Tonchev and Y.K. Wu. This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics under Grant no. DE-FG02-97ER41033 .
PY - 2011/8/11
Y1 - 2011/8/11
N2 - We report on features of high-pressure 3HeXe gas scintillators which have not been sufficiently addressed in the past. Such gas scintillators can be used not only for the efficient detection of low-energy neutrons but at the same time for the detection and identification of γrays as well. Furthermore, 3HeXe gas scintillators are also very convenient detectors for fast neutrons in the 110 MeV energy range and for high-energy γrays in the 715 MeV energy range. Due to their linear pulse-height response and self calibration via the 3He(n,p)3H reaction, neutron and γray energies can easily be determined in this high-energy regime.
AB - We report on features of high-pressure 3HeXe gas scintillators which have not been sufficiently addressed in the past. Such gas scintillators can be used not only for the efficient detection of low-energy neutrons but at the same time for the detection and identification of γrays as well. Furthermore, 3HeXe gas scintillators are also very convenient detectors for fast neutrons in the 110 MeV energy range and for high-energy γrays in the 715 MeV energy range. Due to their linear pulse-height response and self calibration via the 3He(n,p)3H reaction, neutron and γray energies can easily be determined in this high-energy regime.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2011.05.022
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2011.05.022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958836084
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 647
SP - 86
EP - 93
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1
ER -