Pulse shape discrimination between (fast or thermal) neutrons and gamma rays with plastic scintillators: State of the art

GHV Bertrand, M Hamel, S Normand… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015 - Elsevier
We would like to present here with the eyes of the chemist the most recent developments of
plastic scintillators (PS) for neutron detection. This review covers the period from 2000 to …

Current status on plastic scintillators modifications

GHV Bertrand, M Hamel… - Chemistry–A European …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments of plastic scintillators are reviewed, from 2000 to March 2014,
distributed in two different chapters. First chapter deals with the chemical modifications of the …

Quick algorithms for real-time discrimination of neutrons and gamma rays

M Amiri, V Přenosil, F Cvachovec, Z Matěj… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2015 - Springer
Several new methods for the digital discrimination of neutrons and gamma-rays in a mixed
radiation field are presented. The methods introduced discriminate neutrons and gamma …

Unusual temperature dependence of the fluorescence decay in heterostructured stilbene

R Karpicz, N Ostapenko, Y Ostapenko… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescence spectra as well as the fluorescence decay kinetics of hot-pressed and
sublimated films of stilbene have been studied in a wide temperature range, from 15 K up to …

Development of large-area composite stilbene scintillator for fast neutron detection

SK Lee, JB Son, KH Jo, BH Kang, GD Kim… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Fast neutron applications have gained popularity with the growth of fast neutron production
facilities. Covering a larger area and/or wider angle can be one of the advantages of a fast …

Stilbene composite scintillators as detectors of fast neutrons emitted by a 252Cf source

O Tarasenko, N Galunov, N Karavaeva, I Lazarev… - Radiation …, 2013 - Elsevier
The results of the measurements are presented of the relative efficiency ε for 252 Cf fast
neutron detection by composite detectors based on stilbene crystalline grains. The effects of …

Comparison of the performance of different converters for neutron radiography and tomography using fission neutrons

J Guo, T Bücherl, Y Zou, Z Guo, G Tang - Nuclear Instruments and Methods …, 2009 - Elsevier
An extensive study of the characteristic parameters of different types of converters for the
detection of fast neutrons in radiography and tomography was performed. pp-Converters …

Optimization of pulse processing parameters for digital neutron-gamma discrimination

Y Lotfi, SA Moussavi-Zarandi, N Ghal-Eh… - Radiation Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, a digital neutron-gamma discrimination (DNGD) has been performed based on
the pulse-shape discrimination on the anode pulse of a 2 ″by 2 ″right cylinder BC501A …

< 100> directed growth, Hirshfeld surface analysis, and scintillation properties of trans-Stilbene (TSB) single crystal grown by modified low-temperature vertical …

M Murugesan, R Paulraj, M Tyagi… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The< 100> plane of trans-Stilbene (TSB) crystal has been grown using the low-
temperature modified vertical Bridgman method with slight modification in the growth setup …

Crystalline and composite scintillators for fast and thermal neutron detection

NZ Galunov, NL Karavaeva, OA Tarasenko - Engineering of Scintillation …, 2017 - Springer
The control of the radioecological situation around nuclear power plants requires the
detection of very low neutron fluxes. It makes necessary to use the large area detection …