Calibration and testing of a large-area fast-neutron directional detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 179-184

  Vanier, Peter E ^a,b   Forman, Leon ^b,c   Dioszegi, Istvan ^b   Salwen, Cynthia ^b   Ghosh, Vinita J ^b  

^a IEEE

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Ion Focus Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ESTIMATION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONIZING RADIATION; LOCATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITION CONTROL; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; DIRECTIONAL DETECTOR; EN ERGY SPECTRUM; ENERGY LOST; KINEMATIC EQUATIONS; LOWER ENERGIES; LOWER ENERGY NEUTRONS; LOWER LIMITS; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; ON TIME; OPTICAL PULSES; PEAK AMPLITUDES; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; POSITION-SENSITIVE; PROTON RECOILS; PULSE AMPLITUDES; SCATTERED NEUTRON; TIME -OF-FLIGHT; TIME DELAYING; TWO DIMENSIONS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 48349103142     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436312     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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6. Independent MCNP-PoliMi simulations of this configuration performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory arrived at similar conclusions. Sara Pozzi, private communication.