Optimum filter-based discrimination of neutrons and gamma rays
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 2015 4th International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA) |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465552 |
| Field | Computer hardware and software |
| Keywords | Counter/discriminator; optimum filter; neutron spectroscopy; organic scintillator |
| Description | An optimum filter-based method for discrimination of neutrons and gamma-rays in a mixed radiation field is presented. The existing filter-based implementations of discriminators require sample pulse responses in advance of the experiment run to build the filter coefficients, which makes them less practical. Our novel technique creates the coefficients during the experiment and improves their quality gradually. Applied to several sets of mixed neutron and photon signals obtained through different digitizers using stilbene scintillator, this approach is analyzed and its discrimination quality is measured |
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