| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8179093 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The response of the EJ 299-33 plastic scintillator to energetic charged nuclear particles ranging from isotopes of hydrogen to isotopes of carbon has been determined over a wide energy range using a complex experimental setup and nuclear reactions induced by a 20 AMeV carbon beam on an aluminum target. A strong pulse-shape dependence of the generated light bursts on the impinging particle specie is observed, which makes this scintillator suitable, among other things, for neutron vs.γ-ray identification. Fit formulas are proposed for the normalized light output as a function of particle energy for eleven isotopes of elements ranging from hydrogen to carbon.
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Authors
S. Nyibule, E. Henry, W.U. Schröder, J. Tõke, L. Acosta, L. Auditore, G. Cardella, E. De Filippo, L. Francalanza, S. Gìani, T. Minniti, E. Morgana, E.V. Pagano, S. Pirrone, G. Politi, L. Quattrocchi, F. Rizzo, P. Russotto, M. Trimarchi,