Light pulse shapes in liquid scintillators originating from gamma-rays and neutrons

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 6 PART 2, 2010, Pages 3846-3852

  Szczȩśniak, Tomasz ^a   Moszyński, Marek ^a   Syntfeld Kazuch, Agnieszka ^a   Swiderski L ^a   Wolski, Dariusz ^a   Grodzicka, Martyna ^a   Pausch, Guntram ^b   Stein, Juergen Robert ^b   Kniest, Frans ^c   Kusner, Michael R ^d   Schotanus, Paul ^e   Hurlbut, Chuckn ^f  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b ICx Radiation   (Germany)

^c Saint Gobain Crystals   (Netherlands)

^d Saint Gobain Crystals   (United States)

^e SCIONIX Holland BV   (Netherlands)

^f Eljen Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Light pulse shapes; liquid scintillators; neutrons; pulse shape discrimination

Indexed keywords

BORON-10; DECAY TIME CONSTANT; FAST NEUTRONS; LIGHT PULSE; LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; N/GAMMA DISCRIMINATION; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; SINGLE PHOTONS; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LITHIUM; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHORS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 78650304153     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2068311     Document Type: Article

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