DocumentCode :
1298155
Title :
Measurement of Neutron Yields From 
Author :
Bell, Z.W. ; Ziock, K.P. ; Ohmes, Martin F. ; Xu, Yunlin ; Downar, T. ; Pozzi, S.A.
Author_Institution :
Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Volume :
57
Issue :
4
fYear :
2010
Firstpage :
2239
Lastpage :
2246
Abstract :
We have performed measurements of neutron production from UF4 samples using liquid scintillator as the detector material. Neutrons and gamma rays were separated by a multichannel digital pulse shape discriminator, and the neutron pulse-height spectra were unfolded using sequential least-squares optimization with an active set strategy. The unfolded spectra were compared to estimates calculated with the SOURCES 4C code.
Keywords :
liquid scintillation detectors; neutron detection; pulse height analysers; pulse shaping; SOURCES 4C code; gamma rays; liquid scintillator; multichannel digital pulse shape discriminator; neutron pulse-height spectra; neutron yield measurement; sequential least-squares optimization; Alpha particles; Detectors; Gamma rays; Laboratories; Materials; Neutrons; Powders; Production; Pulse shaping methods; Quadratic programming; Scintillation counters; Shape; Solid scintillation detectors; Neutrons; neutron yield; pulse shape discrimination; scintillation detectors; simulation; spectrum unfolding;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9499
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2010.2052470
Filename :
5550498
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