Temperature Dependence of Neutron-Gamma Discrimination Based on Pulse Shape Discrimination Technique in a Scintillator

• Published in: IEEE transactions on nuclear science Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 959 - 962
• Main Authors: Watanabe, K., Kondo, Y., Yamazaki, A., Uritani, A., Iguchi, T., Kawaguchi, N., Fukuda, K., Ishidu, S., Yanagida, T., Fujimoto, Y., Yoshikawa, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Crystals; Gamma-ray rejection; Histograms; neutron; Neutrons; pulse shape discrimination; scintillator; Shape; Temperature; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement
• ISSN: 0018-9499; 1558-1578
• DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2228233

LiCaAlF 6 scintillators are one of the attractive scintillators for neutron detection. To reduce the effect on gamma-rays, the Ce doped LiCaAlF 6 scintillators can discriminate the neutron and gamma-ray events based on the pulse shape discrimination technique. To apply the scintillators for the oil logging, the high temperature characteristics must be investigated. In this paper, the temperature dependence of the neutron-gamma discrimination based on pulse shape discrimination technique in the Ce:LiCaAlF 6 scintillator is investigated as one of the high temperature characteristics. The property of pulse shape discrimination in the Ce:LiCaAlF 6 has small temperature dependence ranging from 25 ° C to 150 ° C. We concluded that the Ce:LiCaAlF 6 scintillators can discriminate neutron and gamma-ray events under high temperature condition up to 150 ° C .