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The design, build and test of a digital analyzer for mixed radiation fields. / Joyce, M. J.; Aspinall, Michael; Cave, F. D. et al.
2009. Paper presented at ANIMMA 2009 : 2009 1st International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and Their Applications, Marseille, France.Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper › peer-review
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T1 - The design, build and test of a digital analyzer for mixed radiation fields.
AU - Joyce, M. J.
AU - Aspinall, Michael
AU - Cave, F. D.
AU - Georgopoulos, K.
AU - Jarrah, Z.
A2 - Merelli, Dora
N1 - ISBN 9781424452071
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The design, build and test of a digital analyzer for mixed radiation fields is described. This instrument has been developed to provide portable, real-time discrimination of hard mixed fields comprising both neutrons and γ rays with energies typically above 0.5 MeV. The instrument in its standard form comprises a sensor head and a system unit, and affords the flexibility to provide processed data in the form of the traditional scatter-plot representation separating neutron and γ-ray components, or the full, sampled pulse data itself. The instrument has been tested with an americium-beryllium source in three different shielding arrangements to replicate the case in which there are only neutrons, only γ rays and where both neutrons and γ-rays are present. The instrument is observed to return consistent results.
AB - The design, build and test of a digital analyzer for mixed radiation fields is described. This instrument has been developed to provide portable, real-time discrimination of hard mixed fields comprising both neutrons and γ rays with energies typically above 0.5 MeV. The instrument in its standard form comprises a sensor head and a system unit, and affords the flexibility to provide processed data in the form of the traditional scatter-plot representation separating neutron and γ-ray components, or the full, sampled pulse data itself. The instrument has been tested with an americium-beryllium source in three different shielding arrangements to replicate the case in which there are only neutrons, only γ rays and where both neutrons and γ-rays are present. The instrument is observed to return consistent results.
U2 - 10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503698
DO - 10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503698
M3 - Conference paper
T2 - ANIMMA 2009 : 2009 1st International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and Their Applications
Y2 - 7 June 2009 through 10 June 2009
ER -