Neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination in plastic scintillators: Preparation and characterization of various compositions

Pulse-shape discrimination of La halide scintillators

The bright scintillators LaCl3:Ce and LaBr3:Ce were tested for a–g pulse-shape discrimination (PSD). PSD is demonstrated for LaCl3:Ce but not for LaBr3:Ce: r 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Pulse-shape discrimination with PbWO4 crystal scintillators

The light output, α/β ratio, and pulse shape have been investigated at −25◦ C with PbWO4 crystal scintillators undoped, and doped by F, Eu, Mo, Gd and S. The fast 0.01 − 0.06 μs and middle 0.1 − 0.5 μs components of scintillation decay were observed for all the samples. Slow components of scintillation signal with the decay times 1− 3 μs and 13− 28 μs with the total intensity up to ≈ 50% have b...

Time Correlated Measurements Using Plastic Scintillators with Neutron-Photon Pulse Shape Discrimination

Measurements of Separate Neutron and Gamma-Ray Coincidences with Liquid Scintillators and Digital Pulse Shape Discrimination

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Comparative analysis of pulse shape discrimination methods in a Li loaded plastic scintillator

Three algorithms for discriminating between fast neutrons, thermal neutrons and gamma rays in a Li loaded plastic scintillator have been compared. Following a literature review of existing pulse shape discrimination techniques, the performance of the charge comparison method, triangular filtering and frequency gradient analysis were investigated in this work. The scintillator was exposed to thr...