The light-yield response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector measured using 2–6 MeV tagged neutrons

J. Scherzinger; R. Al Jebali; J. R M Annand; K. G. Fissum; R. Hall-Wilton; K. Kanaki; M. Lundin; B. Nilsson; H. Perrey; A. Rosborg; H. Svensson

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.10.011

The light-yield response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector measured using 2–6 MeV tagged neutrons

J. Scherzinger, R. Al Jebali, J. R M Annand, K. G. Fissum, R. Hall-Wilton, K. Kanaki, M. Lundin, B. Nilsson, H. Perrey, A. Rosborg, H. Svensson

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Abstract

The response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector has been measured using tagged neutrons from 2 to 6 MeV originating from an Am/Be neutron source. The neutron energies were determined using the time-of-flight technique. Pulse-shape discrimination was employed to discern between gamma-rays and neutrons. The behavior of both the fast (35 ns) and the combined fast and slow (475 ns) components of the neutron scintillation-light pulses were studied. Three different prescriptions were used to relate the neutron maximum energy-transfer edges to the corresponding recoil-proton scintillation-light yields, and the results were compared to simulations. The overall normalizations of parametrizations which predict the fast or total light yield of the scintillation pulses were also tested. Our results agree with both existing data and existing parametrizations. We observe a clear sensitivity to the portion and length of the neutron scintillation-light pulse considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121-127
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	840
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.10.011
Publication status	Published - 2016 Dec 21

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Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation

Keywords

Fast-neutrons
Gamma-rays
NE-213
Pulse-shape discrimination
Scintillations

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Scherzinger, J., Al Jebali, R., Annand, J. R. M., Fissum, K. G., Hall-Wilton, R., Kanaki, K., Lundin, M., Nilsson, B., Perrey, H., Rosborg, A., & Svensson, H. (2016). The light-yield response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector measured using 2–6 MeV tagged neutrons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 840, 121-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.10.011

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In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 840, 21.12.2016, p. 121-127.

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Scherzinger J, Al Jebali R, Annand JRM, Fissum KG, Hall-Wilton R, Kanaki K et al. The light-yield response of a NE-213 liquid-scintillator detector measured using 2–6 MeV tagged neutrons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2016 Dec 21;840:121-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.10.011

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