A new compact neutron spectrometer

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dc.contributor.advisorBuffler, Andrew
dc.contributor.advisorSmit, Ricky
dc.contributor.authorComrie, Angus
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-24T12:36:53Z
dc.date.available2022-11-24T12:36:53Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2022-11-24T12:35:56Z
dc.description.abstractA new compact neutron spectrometer has been designed, developed and characterized. The detector is based on EJ299-33 plastic scintillator coupled to silicon photomultipliers, and a digital implementation of pulse shape discrimination is used to separate events associated with neutrons from those associated with gamma-rays. The spectrometer is suitable over the neutron energy range 1 – 100 MeV, and the development illustrated with measurements made using an Am-Be radioisotopic source, a D-T sealed tube neutron generator and quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams produced using the iThemba LABS cyclotron. A segmented variation of the spectrometer is capable of providing directional information through the comparison of count rates between scintillator cells.
dc.identifier.apacitationComrie, A. (2016). <i>A new compact neutron spectrometer</i>. (). ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36908en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationComrie, Angus. <i>"A new compact neutron spectrometer."</i> ., ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36908en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationComrie, A. 2016. A new compact neutron spectrometer. . ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36908en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Doctoral Thesis AU - Comrie, Angus AB - A new compact neutron spectrometer has been designed, developed and characterized. The detector is based on EJ299-33 plastic scintillator coupled to silicon photomultipliers, and a digital implementation of pulse shape discrimination is used to separate events associated with neutrons from those associated with gamma-rays. The spectrometer is suitable over the neutron energy range 1 – 100 MeV, and the development illustrated with measurements made using an Am-Be radioisotopic source, a D-T sealed tube neutron generator and quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams produced using the iThemba LABS cyclotron. A segmented variation of the spectrometer is capable of providing directional information through the comparison of count rates between scintillator cells. DA - 2016_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Physics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2016 T1 - A new compact neutron spectrometer TI - A new compact neutron spectrometer UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36908 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/36908
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationComrie A. A new compact neutron spectrometer. []. ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36908en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physics
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.subjectPhysics
dc.titleA new compact neutron spectrometer
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationlevelPhD
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