Development of EJ-299 plastic scintillator detectors for neutron/gamma discrimination.

Payne, Christopher (2019) Development of EJ-299 plastic scintillator detectors for neutron/gamma discrimination. Doctoral thesis, University of Surrey.

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Abstract

The use of EJ-299 for security applications, with a focus on active interrogation environments, has been investigated; in this application a plastic scintillator capable of n/gamma discrimination is extremely attractive. Development of a system incorporating EJ-299 for this application requires consideration of the effect of a high flux, dynamic, mixed neutron/gamma field on performance. Using EJ-299 plastic scintillator, the effects of geometry on the observed quality of pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is demonstrated, through the use of a digital data acquisition system and a digital version of the charge integration PSD algorithm. Figure of merit data (FOM) shows that as the geometry moves away from a cube like structure towards flat panel shapes, PSD deteriorates. The effect of the incident flux on the observed quality of PSD for EJ-299 has been investigated using an X-Ray generator. Separate neutron and gamma energy calibrations for an EJ-299 detector have been obtained through the use of well defined end point energy neutrons and sealed gamma sources. Throughout the thesis, discussion is had on how to best optimize a digital data acquisition system (DAQ) for PSD.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Divisions :	Theses
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Payne, Christopher
Date :	29 March 2019
Funders :	The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)
DOI :	10.15126/thesis.00850623
Contributors :	Contribution Name Email ORCID http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/THS Sellin, Paul P.Sellin@surrey.ac.uk
Depositing User :	Christopher Payne
Date Deposited :	04 Apr 2019 07:45
Last Modified :	04 Apr 2019 07:45
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/850623

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