LabVIEW DAQ for NE213 Neutron Detector
Abstract
A neutron spectroscopy system, based on a NE213 liquid scintillation detector, to be placed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center to measure neutron spectra from a few MeV up to 800 MeV, beyond shielding. The NE213 scintillator, coupled with a Photomultiplier Tube (PMT), detects and converts radiation into current for signal processing. Signals are processed through Nuclear Instrument Modules (NIM) and Computer Automated Measurement and Control (CAMAC) modules. CAMAC is a computer automated data acquisition and handling system. Pulses are properly prepared and fed into an analog to digital converter (ADC), a standard CAMAC module. The ADC classifies the incoming analog pulses into 1 of 2048 digital channels. Data acquisition (DAQ) software based on LabVIEW, version 7.0, acquires and organizes data from the CAMAC ADC. The DAQ system presents a spectrum showing a relationship between pulse events and respective charge (digital channel number). Various photon sources, such as Co-60, Y-88, and AmBe-241, are used to calibrate the NE213 detector. For each source, a Compton edge and reference energy [units of MeVee] is obtained. A complete calibration curve results (at a given applied voltage to the PMT and pre-amplification gain) when the Compton edge and reference energy for each source ismore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 815656
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-TN-03-026
TRN: US0304761
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 23 Sep 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON SPECTRA; NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENT MODULES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PROCESSING; RADIATIONS; SHIELDING
Citation Formats
Al-Adeeb, Mohammed. LabVIEW DAQ for NE213 Neutron Detector. United States: N. p., 2003.
Web. doi:10.2172/815656.
Al-Adeeb, Mohammed. LabVIEW DAQ for NE213 Neutron Detector. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/815656
Al-Adeeb, Mohammed. Tue .
"LabVIEW DAQ for NE213 Neutron Detector". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/815656. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/815656.
@article{osti_815656,
title = {LabVIEW DAQ for NE213 Neutron Detector},
author = {Al-Adeeb, Mohammed},
abstractNote = {A neutron spectroscopy system, based on a NE213 liquid scintillation detector, to be placed at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center to measure neutron spectra from a few MeV up to 800 MeV, beyond shielding. The NE213 scintillator, coupled with a Photomultiplier Tube (PMT), detects and converts radiation into current for signal processing. Signals are processed through Nuclear Instrument Modules (NIM) and Computer Automated Measurement and Control (CAMAC) modules. CAMAC is a computer automated data acquisition and handling system. Pulses are properly prepared and fed into an analog to digital converter (ADC), a standard CAMAC module. The ADC classifies the incoming analog pulses into 1 of 2048 digital channels. Data acquisition (DAQ) software based on LabVIEW, version 7.0, acquires and organizes data from the CAMAC ADC. The DAQ system presents a spectrum showing a relationship between pulse events and respective charge (digital channel number). Various photon sources, such as Co-60, Y-88, and AmBe-241, are used to calibrate the NE213 detector. For each source, a Compton edge and reference energy [units of MeVee] is obtained. A complete calibration curve results (at a given applied voltage to the PMT and pre-amplification gain) when the Compton edge and reference energy for each source is plotted. This project is focused to development of a DAQ system and control setup to collect and process information from a NE213 liquid scintillation detector. A manual is created to document the process of the development and interpretation of the LabVIEW-based DAQ system. Future high-energy neutron measurements can be referenced and normalized according to this calibration curve.},
doi = {10.2172/815656},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/815656},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2003},
month = {9}
}