Discrimination of neutron and photon signals using time and frequency domain data.docVIP

GRANT journal ISSN 1805-062X, 1805-0638 (online), ETTN 072-11-00002-09-4 EUROPEAN GRANT PROJECTS | RESULTS | RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT | SCIENCE Discrimination of neutron and photon signals using time and frequency domain data Moslem Amiri Jaroslav ?echák Zdeněk Matěj 1 2 3 1 2 3 Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno, Czech Republic; email: amiri@mail.muni.cz Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno, Czech Republic; email: jaroslav.cechak@mail.muni.cz Masaryk University, Botanická 68a, Brno, Czech Republic; email: xmatejz@mail.muni.cz Grant: T2011 Granter: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic Category: Nuclear Physics, Informatics ? GRANT Journal, MAGNANIMITAS Assn. Abstract Two new methods for the digital discrimination of neutrons and gamma-rays in a mixed radiation field are presented. There are many methods available which take advantage of time- domain pulse shape discrimination of these two signals. However, there are no methods based on frequency-domain characteristics of them, in particular using discrete Fourier transform (DFT). Applying DFT, we can distinguish between these radiations much better. Combining time and frequency domain PSDs, we can further increase the discrimination quality while improving computation time to be applicable for field measurements. following analog PSD techniques were most often used for n/γ-ray discrimination [2]: 1) 2) 3) rise-time inspection; zero-crossing method; charge comparison. Although analog techniques make good n/γ-ray discrimination, availability of precise and fast digitizers and various PSD algorithms have made it possible to do fine discrimination of these radiations digitally. Among digital PSD methods, pulse rise-time algorithm and charge comparison are probably the most favorable ones. Keywords Neutron detection, neutron spectroscopy, digital pulse shape discrimination technique, time dom