Digital pulse shape discrimination

L. F. Miller, J. Preston, S. Pozzi, M. Flaska, J. Neal

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Abstract

Pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) has been utilised for about 40 years as a method to obtain estimates for dose in mixed neutron and photon fields. Digitizers that operate close to GHz are currently available at a reasonable cost, and they can be used to directly sample signals from photomultiplier tubes. This permits one to perform digital PSD rather than the traditional, and well-established, analogoue techniques. One issue that complicates PSD for neutrons in mixed fields is that the light output characteristics of typical scintillators available for PSD, such as BC501A, vary as a function of energy deposited in the detector. This behaviour is more easily accommodated with digital processing of signals than with analogoue signal processing. Results illustrate the effectiveness of digital PSD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)253-255
Number of pages3
JournalRadiation Protection Dosimetry
Volume126
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

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