Cieślak, M.J., Gamage, K.A.A. and Glover, R. (2017) Pulse shape discrimination characteristics of stilbene crystal, pure and 6Li loaded plastic scintillators for a high resolution coded-aperture neutron imager. Journal of Instrumentation, 12(7), P07023. (doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/12/07/P07023)
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Abstract
Pulse shape discrimination performances of single stilbene crystal, pure plastic and 6Li loaded plastic scintillators have been compared. Three pulse shape discrimination algorithms have been tested for each scintillator sample, assessing their quality of neutron/gamma separation. Additionally, the digital implementation feasibility of each algorithm in a real-time embedded system was evaluated. Considering the pixelated architecture of the coded-aperture imaging system, a reliable method of simultaneous multi-channel neutron/gamma discrimination was sought, accounting for the short data analysis window available for each individual channel. In this study, each scintillator sample was irradiated with a 252Cf neutron source and a bespoke digitiser system was used to collect the data allowing detailed offline examination of the sampled pulses. The figure-of-merit was utilised to compare the discrimination quality of the collected events with respect to various discrimination algorithms. Single stilbene crystal presents superior neutron/gamma separation performance when compared to the plastic scintillator samples.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gamage, Professor Kelum |
Authors: | Cieślak, M.J., Gamage, K.A.A., and Glover, R. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering |
Journal Name: | Journal of Instrumentation |
Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. |
ISSN: | 1748-0221 |
ISSN (Online): | 1748-0221 |
Published Online: | 25 July 2017 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Journal of Instrumentation 12(7):P07023 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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