Published February 2011 | Version v1
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Light output of EJ228 scintillation neutron detectors

Creators

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
  • 2. INFN Sezione di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
  • 3. Universidad Simon-Bolivar, Laboratorio Fisica Nuclear, Apartado 8900, 1080 A. Caracas (Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of)

Description

The light output of neutron detectors based on the plastic scintillator EJ228 is studied as a function of neutron energy using a time tagged 252Cf source. Calibration of the light output scale is performed by fitting the experimental distribution of Compton scattering events of photons from a 22Na source with a response function obtained by Gaussian smearing of the predicted line-shape. The light output curve as well as the pulse height resolution for the EJ228 scintillators is very close (within 5%) to those recently reported for NE213 type organic liquid scintillators.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.10.022

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.10.022;
PII
S0969-8043(10)00424-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
69
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 369-372
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42077048
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
Descriptors DEI
CALIBRATION; CALIFORNIUM 252; COMPTON EFFECT; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PHOTONS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SCINTILLATIONS; SODIUM 22; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BOSONS; CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FUNCTIONS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERACTIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCATTERING; SODIUM ISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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