Effects of detector-source distance and detector bias voltage variations on time resolution of general purpose plastic scintillation detectors

Effects of source-detector distance and the detector bias voltage variations on time resolution of a general purpose plastic scintillation detector such as BC400 were investigated. Ba-133 and Bi-207 calibration sources with and without collimator were used in the present work. Optimum source-detector distance and bias voltage values were determined for the best time resolution by using leading edge timing method. Effect of the collimator usage on time resolution was also investigated. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.