• DocumentCode
    1298155
  • Title

    Measurement of Neutron Yields From {\\rm UF}_{4}

  • 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
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1298155