Characterization of plastic scintillator bars using fast neutrons from D-D and D-T reactions

被引：3

作者：

Dey, R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Netrakanti, P. K. ^{[1
]}

Mishra, D. K. ^{[1
]}

Behera, S. P. ^{[1
]}

Mulmule, D. ^{[1
,2
]}

Patel, T. ^{[3
]}

Sarkar, P. S. ^{[3
]}

Jha, V ^{[1
,2
]}

Pant, L. M. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Bhabha Atom Res Ctr, Nucl Phys Div, Mumbai 400085, Maharashtra, India

[2] Homi Bhabha Natl Inst, Mumbai 400094, Maharashtra, India

[3] Bhabha Atom Res Ctr, Neutron & Xray Phys Div, Mumbai 400085, Maharashtra, India

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION | 2021年 / 16卷 / 08期

关键词：

Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter; interaction of photons with matter; interaction of hadrons with matter; etc); Gamma detectors (scintillators; CZT; HPGe; HgI etc); Neutrino detectors; Scintillators; scintillation and light emission processes (solid; gas and liquid scintillators); ARRAY;

D O I：

10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08029

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We report results of fast neutron response in plastic scintillator (PS) bars from deuterium-deuterium (D-D) and deuterium-tritium (D-T) reactions using Purnima Neutron Generator Facility, BARC, Mumbai. These measurements are useful in context of Indian Scintillator Matrix for Reactor Anti-Neutrino (ISMRAN) detection, an array of 10x10 PS bars, used to measure reactor antineutrinos through inverse beta decay (IBD) signal. ISMRAN detector, an above-ground experiment close to the reactor core (similar to 13m), deals with an active fast neutron background inside the reactor hall. A good understanding of fast neutron response in PS bars is an essential pre-requisite for suppression and discrimination of fast neutron background from IBD events. A monoenergetic neutron beam from the fusion reaction of D-D at 2.45 MeV and D-T at 14.1 MeV are used to characterize the energy response in these bars. The neutron energy response function has been simulated using the GEANT4 package and are compared with the measured data. A reasonable agreement of deposited energies by fast neutrons in PS bars between data and simulation are obtained for these reactions. The ratio of energy deposition in adjacent bars is used to discriminate between prompt IBD, fast neutron and neutron capture cascade gamma events.

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