Activation foils unfolding for neutron spectrometry: Comparison of different deconvolution methods

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

Volumn 583, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 421-425

  Tripathy, S P ^a   Sunil, C ^a   Nandy, M ^b   Sarkar, P K ^a,c   Sharma, D N ^a   Mukherjee, B ^d  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^c VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTRE   (India)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation foil; BUNKI; Genetic algorithm; Neutron spectrometry; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

DECONVOLUTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHORS; PROTONS;

ACTIVATION FOILS; BUNKI; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; PROTON PULSE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 36148968044     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.028     Document Type: Article

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