Pulse-shape discrimination of liquid scintillators

被引:50
作者
Ranucci, G [1 ]
Goretti, A [1 ]
Lombardi, P [1 ]
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-20133 Milan, Italy
关键词
pulse-shape discrimination; liquid scintillator detectors; single-photon sampling technique;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00456-2
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
In this paper we describe the results of different techniques applied to characterize experimentally the pulse shape discrimination capability of liquid scintillators. A detailed comparison of the results obtained with each method is reported, together with the description of an optimization strategy which can be adopted to obtain the best exploitation of the intrinsic PSD feature of the scintillator samples. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:374 / 386
页数:13
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