Digital pulse shape discrimination

被引：13

作者：

Miller, L. F. ^{[1
]}

Preston, J. ^{[1
]}

Pozzi, S. ^{[2
]}

Flaska, M. ^{[2
]}

Neal, J. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tennessee, Dept Nucl Engn, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA

[2] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN USA

来源：

RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY | 2007年 / 126卷 / 1-4期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1093/rpd/ncm052

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) has been utilised for about 40 years as a method to obtain estimates for dose in mixed neutron and photon fields. Digitizers that operate close to GHz are currently available at a reasonable cost, and they can be used to directly sample signals from photomultiplier tubes. This permits one to perform digital PSD rather than the traditional, and well-established, analogoue techniques. One issue that complicates PSD for neutrons in mixed fields is that the light output characteristics of typical scintillators available for PSD, such as BC501A, vary as a function of energy deposited in the detector. This behaviour is more easily accommodated with digital processing of signals than with analogoue signal processing. Results illustrate the effectiveness of digital PSD.

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