Published January 1, 2017 | Version v1
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Design and performance of a hybrid fast and thermal neutron detector

  • 1. Acad Sinica, Inst Phys, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
  • 2. Tsinghua Univ, Dept Engn Phys, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
  • 3. Banaras Hindu Univ, Inst Sci, Dept Phys, Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 4. Middle East Tech Univ, Dept Phys, TR-06531 Ankara, Turkey

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We report the characterization, calibration and performance of a custom-built hybrid detector consisting of BC501A liquid scintillator and BC702 scintillator for the detection of fast and thermal neutrons, respectively. Pulse Shape Discrimination techniques are developed to distinguish events due to gamma-rays, fast and thermal neutrons. Software analysis packages are developed to derive raw neutron energy spectra from measured proton recoil spectra. The validity is demonstrated through the reconstruction of the (AmBe)-Am-241(alpha,n) neutron spectrum. (C) 2017 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

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