Neutron-Gamma Discrimination in Elpasolite Scintillator Detector

.................................................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................ v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... vi LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Motivation and Objective ................................................................................... 5 1.3 Radiation Signatures of Fission Events .......................................................................... 6 1.3.1 Spontaneous and Induced Fission ........................................................................... 6 1.3.2 Neutron and Photon Interactions with Matter ....................................................... 10 CHAPTER 2 – LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................... 14 2.1 Review of Radiation Detection Data Analysis Methods .............................................. 14 2.1.1 Overview of Pulse Shape Discrimination Techniques ........................................... 14 2.1.2 Review of Discrete Wavelet Transform and Haar Wavelet ................................... 15 2.2 Quantification of Pulse Discrimination Techniques ..................................................... 19 CHAPTER 3 – Experimental Measurements ............................................................................... 20 3.1 Radiation Measurements Using Scintillation Detectors ............................................... 20