title: Neutron-photon discrimination and spectrum unfolding with a stilbene detector.
abstract: As a first step into the development of a neutron dose monitor, a stilbene detector is used to test a procedure applicable to other organic scintillators allowing for neutron-photon discrimination. The pulses are measured by numerical acquisition and their amplitude and decay time are calculated by software. The discrimination is performed in an amplitude-decay time plot, and separate amplitude spectra are built. These spectra are unfolded MAXED, using the detector response matrices calculated with MCNPX.
authors.affiliation: Institut Supérieur Industriel de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Lellis
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tondeur
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D009502:Neutrons; D017785:Photons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D013267:Stilbenes