Neutron detection with single crystal organic scintillators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7449, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zaitseva, Natalia P ^a   Newby, Jason ^a   Hamel, Sebastien ^a   Carman, Leslie ^a   Faust, Michelle ^a   Lordi, Vincenzo ^a   Cherepy, Nerine J ^a   Stoeffl, Wolfgang ^a   Payne, Stephen A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

9,10 diphenylanthracene; Bibenzyl; Diphenylacetylene; Neutron detection; Pulse shape discrimination (PSD); Single crystal organic scintillator; Solution crystal growth; Stilbene

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYLACETYLENE; NEUTRON DETECTION; ORGANIC SCINTILLATOR; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; SOLUTION CRYSTAL GROWTH;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IONIZATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LUMINESCENCE; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHORS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 71449114181     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.829870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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