Modeling interactions of intermediate-energy neutrons in a plastic scintillator array with Geant4

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

Volumn 682, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-65

  Kohley, Z ^a   Lunderberg, E ^b   Deyoung, P A ^b   Roeder, B T ^c,d   Baumann, T ^a   Christian, G ^a   Mosby, S ^a,e   Smith, J K ^a   Snyder, J ^a   Spyrou, A ^a   Thoennessen, M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross talk; Geant4; Monte Carlo simulation; Neutron detection; Neutron simulation; Plastic scintillator array

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GEANT4; GEANT4 PHYSICS; IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL; MODELING INTERACTIONS; MODELING MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEUTRON DETECTION; NEUTRON INTERACTIONS; NEUTRON SIGNAL; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR ARRAYS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT DETECTORS;

DETECTORS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; X RAY CAMERAS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84860673346     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.04.060     Document Type: Article

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