Title :
Fast-neutron detection and pulse shape discrimination with diphenylanthracene and tetraphenylbutadiene
Author :
van Loef, E.V. ; Markosyan, K. ; Mukhopadhyay, S. ; Shirwadkar, U. ; Zaitseva, N. ; Payne, S. ; Shah, K.S.
Author_Institution :
Radiat. Monitoring Devices, Inc., Watertown, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we report on fast-neutron detection and pulse shape discrimination with 9,10-diphenylanthracene and 1,1,4,4-tetraphenylbutadiene. Our research indicates that these organic scintillators have high light yields of up to 20,000 ph/MeV, a fast scintillation decay of about 20 ns, very good fast-neutron detection, and excellent neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination.
Keywords :
neutron detection; organic compounds; solid scintillation detectors; 1,1,4,4-tetraphenylbutadiene; 9,10-diphenylanthracene; fast scintillation decay; fast-neutron detection; high light yields; neutron-gamma pulse shape discrimination; organic scintillators; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0118-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154375
