Payne, C;
Sellin, PJ;
Ellis, M;
Duroe, K;
Jones, A;
Joyce, M;
Randall, G;
(2016)
Neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination in EJ-299-34 at high flux.
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2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2015): Proceedings.
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Abstract
The effect of scintillator geometry on the quality of neutron/γ pulse shape discrimination (PSD) in EJ-299 plastic scintillator, using a digital charge integration PSD algorithm has been studied. It is shown that the PSD Figure of Merit (FOM) reduces as the geometry of the scintillator moves from a cube-like shape towards a flat panel shape. The PSD performance in this material at high flux irradiation is investigated with performance deteriorating at rates of ∼107 photons/s. The use of EJ-299 for security applications, with a focus on active interrogation environments is explored in conjunction with a system capable of neutron/γ separation and localisation.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination in EJ-299-34 at high flux |
| Event: | 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 31 October - 7 November 2015, San Diego, California, USA |
| ISBN-13: | 9781467398626 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7581994 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7581994 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © British Crown Owned Copyright 2015/AWE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. |
| Keywords: | Detectors, Shape, Geometry, Photonics, Neutrons, Logic gates |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1529608 |
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