NE102A Plastic Scintillator Response to 3He Ions

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters - Plastic scintillators are widely used in detecting nuclear radiation due to their low construction cost, the ability to be produced in nearly any shape and...     

On the necessity of light transport simulation in scintillators

In this study, the light transport simulation in scintillators is introduced, the wavelength-dependencies in the process are taken into account, the effect of different shapes/lengths of lightguides on the response of the scintillation detectors are investigated and finally the need for such a simulation in addition to the particle transport simulation in a perfect response function predicting code is explained.     

A comparative study on neutron-gamma discrimination with NE213 and UGLLT scintillators using zero-crossing method

The neutron-gamma discrimination capability of the new-type UGLLT liquid scintillator has been compared with NE213 (or its Bicron equivalent, BC501A). An Am-Be combined neutron-gamma isotopic source and a zero-crossing circuitry were used to explore various biases resulting the optimum figure of merits (FOMs) of 1.52 and 1.18 for NE213 and UGLLT at 170 keVee bias, respectively. The study shows that the UGLLT scintillator can be a good alternative for NE213 in pulse-shape discrimination experiments.     

A sensitivity analysis approach to optical parameters of scintillation detectors

In this study, an extended version of the Monte Carlo light transport code, PHOTRACK, has been used for a sensitivity analysis to estimate the importance of different wavelength-dependent parameters in the modelling of light collection process in scintillators.