Title :
A design of stacked GSO(Ce) spectrometer in intermediate energy region
Author :
Anami, K. ; Murohka, H. ; Yoshida, H. ; Wakabayashi, G. ; Nohtomi, A. ; Uozumi, Y. ; Sakae, T. ; Matoba, M. ; Maki, T. ; Koori, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Nucl. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
Designs of a stacked GSO(Ce) spectrometer are described. The spectrometer is developed as a stopping detector for a measurement of intermediate energy protons. The major problem to use stopping detectors is the tail of low pulse height events caused by nuclear reactions and scattering out. The designs are made to reduce the scattering out events by means of a Monte Carlo simulation. Proton loss probabilities due to nuclear reactions are compared in terms of the peak-to-total ratio between GSO(Ce) and other scintillators
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; cerium; gadolinium compounds; particle spectrometers; proton detection; solid scintillation detectors; Gd2SiO5:Ce; Monte Carlo simulation; intermediate energy protons; intermediate energy region; low pulse height events; proton loss probabilities; stacked GSO(Ce) spectrometer; stopping detector; Atomic measurements; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Detectors; Energy measurement; Event detection; Light scattering; Protons; Spectroscopy; Tail;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium, 1996. Conference Record., 1996 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3534-1
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1996.591414
