• Title of article

    Response of a BGO detector to photon and neutron sources: simulations and measurements

  • Author/Authors

    Vincke، نويسنده , , H. and Gschwendtner، نويسنده , , E. and Fabjan، نويسنده , , C.W. and Otto، نويسنده , , T.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    102
  • To page
    110
  • Abstract
    In this paper Monte Carlo simulations (FLUKA) and measurements of the response of a BGO detector are reported. For the measurements three low-energy photon emitters (60Co, 54Mn, 137Cs) were used to irradiate the BGO from various distances and angles. The neutron response was measured with an Am–Be neutron source. Simulations of the experimental irradiations were carried out. Our study can also be considered as a benchmark for FLUKA in terms of its reliability to predict the detector response of a BGO scintillator.
  • Keywords
    BGO scintillator , Neutron and photon calibration , FLUKA benchmarking
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2019310