1. Boron-10 Loaded BC523A Liquid Scintillator for Neutron Detection in the Border Monitoring
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Swiderski, L., Moszynski, M., Wolski, D., Batsch, T., Nassalski, A., Syntfeld-Kazuch, A., Szczesniak, T., Kniest, F., Kusner, M. R., Pausch, G., Stein, J., Klamra, Wlodzimierz, Swiderski, L., Moszynski, M., Wolski, D., Batsch, T., Nassalski, A., Syntfeld-Kazuch, A., Szczesniak, T., Kniest, F., Kusner, M. R., Pausch, G., Stein, J., and Klamra, Wlodzimierz
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A BC523A liquid scintillator loaded with boron-10 was tested as a detector for both fast and thermal neutrons. A pulse shape discrimination (PSD) method based on a zero-crossing principle was applied to distinguish between neutron and gamma radiation. High quantum efficiency Photonis XP5500B photomultiplier was used to enhance light detection from the scintillator. This allowed a good registration of the energy spectrum of neutron capture events on boron-10, corresponding to about 60 keV gamma-rays. The applied PSD method proved to be useful for n/gamma discrimination. A good resolving power of the method was achieved even without gating on neutron capture events. A comparison with a standard BC501A liquid scintillator was done to evaluate thermal neutrons detection efficiency in BC523A., QC 20100525
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- 2008
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