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ISSN: 1546-962X
Published Online: 1 May 2008
Page Count: 4

Neutron Response Function for BC-523A Scintillation Detector in the Energy Range 0.5 MeV to 20 MeV
Cvachovec J., Cvachovec F., Omera B., Pota S.

Abstract
In the paper, the physical model of a doped scintilator is described. The Monte Carlo type code [Cvachovec, Cvachovec, and Tajovsky, Nucl. Math. Inst. Phys. Res. A, Vol. 476, 2002, pp. 200202], which was created for a NE-213 and stilben type scintillators containing also hydrogen and carbon only, was extended for scintillators containing 10B, 11B, and O also.

The modified code is called , and with it the response function for scintilator BC-523A doped with 4.41 % 10B was calculated. The dimensions of the cylindrical scintilator are 5 × 6 in., corresponding to the real detector. The created response matrix was implemented in the unfolding code with the maximum likelihood method.

Keywords:
neutron scintillation detector, response function

Paper ID: JAI101149
DOI: 10.1520/JAI101149
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