The Monte-Carlo simulation on the detection efficiency of a scintillator neutron detector

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10.2991/eesed-16.2017.10How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Scintillation Detector; Detection Efficiency; Materials; Radioactive Source

Abstract

We use Monte-Carlo simulation method to investigate several factors influencing detection efficiency of neutron detector. We have simulated the effect of crystal materials (ZnS [1], LiI [2] and CaF2 [3]) on incident neutron flux and deposition energy. The result reveals that more energy deposited in the LiI (lithium iodide) scintillation crystal materials. And we explored the effect of the neutron source energy change on the detection efficiency of the scintillator. The simulation results show that the detection efficiency of the scintillation detector is gradually increased with the source energy increasing. These results will be beneficial to the development and application of neutron detectors.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fei Luo
AU  - Fang Liu
AU  - Ping Wang
AU  - Yu-Dong Sun
PY  - 2016/08
DA  - 2016/08
TI  - The Monte-Carlo simulation on the detection efficiency of a scintillator neutron detector
BT  - 2nd Annual International Conference on Energy, Environmental & Sustainable Ecosystem Development (EESED 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 72
EP  - 77
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/eesed-16.2017.10
DO  - 10.2991/eesed-16.2017.10
ID  - Luo2016/08
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