Boron-10 loaded BC523A liquid scintillator for neutron detection in the border monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3710-3716

  Swiderski, L ^a   Moszynski, M ^a   Wolski, D ^a   Batsch, T ^a   Nassalski, A ^a   Syntfeld Kazuch, A ^a   Szczesniak, T ^a   Kniest, F ^b   Kusner, M R ^c   Pausch, G ^d   Stein, J ^d   Klamra, W ^e  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b Saint Gobain Crystals   (Netherlands)

^c Saint Gobain Crystals   (United States)

^d ICx Radiation   (Germany)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boron 10; Liquid scintillators; Neutron detection; Zero crossing method

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NONMETALS; PHOSPHORS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

BORON-10; COMPARISON WITH A STANDARDS; DETECTION EFFICIENCIES; ENERGY SPECTRUM; GAMMA RADIATIONS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT DETECTIONS; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; NEUTRON CAPTURES; NEUTRON DETECTION; PULSE-SHAPE DISCRIMINATIONS; RESOLVING POWER; THERMAL NEUTRONS; ZERO CROSSINGS; ZERO-CROSSING METHOD;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 58849157302     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2006172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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