title: CHELSI: a portable neutron spectrometer for the 20-800 MeV region.
abstract: CHELSI is a CsI-based portable spectrometer being developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory for use in high-energy neutron fields. Based on the inherent pulse shape discrimination properties of CsI(Tl), the instrument flags charged particle events produced via neutron-induced spallation events. Scintillation events are processed in real time using digital signal processing and a conservative estimate of neutron dose rate is made based on the charged particle energy distribution. A more accurate dose estimate can be made by unfolding the 2D charged particle versus pulse height distribution to reveal the incident neutron spectrum from which dose is readily obtained. A prototype probe has been assembled and data collected in quasi-monoenergetic fields at The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL) in Uppsala as well as at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). Preliminary efforts at deconvoluting the shape/energy data using empirical response functions derived from time-of-flight measurements are described.
authors.affiliation: Health Physics Measurement Group (RP-2), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM, USA. tmclean@lanl.gov
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Olsher
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Miles
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Devine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fallu-Labruyere
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grudberg
mesh_terms: D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008904:Miniaturization; D009502:Neutrons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055672:Static Electricity