New shapes for liquid scintillation detectors used in neutron spectrometry

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 351-357

  Begin, F ^a,b   Assaillit, G ^a   Groetz, J E ^b  

^a CENTRE DE VALDUC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bubbling time; Gamma neutron discrimination; Liquid scintillation detectors; Neutron spectrometry

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINATORS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; NEUTRONS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETRY;

BUBBLING TIME; COMMERCIAL DETECTORS; GAMMA/NEUTRON DISCRIMINATION; SHAPES;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 33646888180     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.01.137     Document Type: Article

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