Title :
Development of the Discrimination of Neutrons and Gamma Rays in the Liquid Scintillator
Author :
Yang, Jun ; Liu, Guofu ; Luo, Xiaoliang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Instrum. Sci. & Technol., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
The discrimination between neutrons and gamma rays in liquid scintillators has been investigated in this paper. We analyzed the scintillation mechanism in liquid scintillators and provided a review of the conventional analogue discrimination techniques of neutrons and gamma rays (n/γ) and recent digital n/γ discrimination techniques. The principle and feature of each technique have been expounded. In conclusion the significant advantages of the digital n/γ discrimination techniques over the analog techniques have been summarized.
Keywords :
discriminators; gamma-ray detection; liquid scintillation detectors; neutron detection; analogue discrimination techniques; digital n/γ discrimination techniques; liquid scintillators; neutrons/gamma rays; scintillation mechanism; Artificial neural networks; Instruments; Neutrons; Nuclear Instruments - n42; Shape; Wavelet transforms; discrimination; liquid scintillators; n/γ; pulse shape discrimination;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Signal Processing and Applications (PCSPA), 2010 First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8043-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4180-8
DOI :
10.1109/PCSPA.2010.244
