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Title: Characterization of a silicon photo-multiplier array with summing board as a photo-multiplier tube replacement in organic scintillator assemblies

Abstract

In this work, we report on the energy, timing, and pulse-shape discrimination performance of cylindrical 5.08 cm diameter x 5.08 cm thick and 7.62 cm diameter x 7.62 cm thick trans-stilbene crystals read out with the passively summed output of three different commercial silicon photo-multiplier arrays. Our results indicate that using the summed output of an 8 x 8 array of SiPMs provides performance competitive with photo-multiplier tubes for many neutron imaging and correlated particle measurements. For a 5.08 cm diameter x 5.08 cm thick crystal read out with SensL’s ArrayJ-60035_64P-PCB, which had the best overall properties, we measure the energy resolution as 17.8 ± 0.8% at 341 keVee (σ/E), the timing resolution in the 180–400 keVee range as 236 ± 61 ps (σ), and the pulse-shape discrimination figure-of-merit as 2.21 ± 0.03 in the 230–260 keVee energy range. For a 7.62 cm diameter x 7.62 cm thick crystal read out with SensL’s ArrayJ-60035_64P-PCB, we measure the energy resolution as 21.9 ± 2.3% at 341 keVee, the timing resolution in the 180–400 keVee range as 518 ± 42 ps, and the pulse-shape discrimination figure-of-merit as 1.49 ± 0.01 in the 230–260 keVee energy range. Our findings enable many scintillator-based instrumentsmore » to enjoy the size, robustness, and power benefits of silicon photo-multiplier arrays as replacement for the photo-multiplier tubes that are predominantly used today.« less

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 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [3]
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Berkshire (United Kingdom)
  3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
OSTI Identifier:
1575260
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1702592
Report Number(s):
SAND-2019-4774J
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 675085; TRN: US2001445
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; SAND2019-4774 J
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 953; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Silicon photo-multiplier; Pulse shape discrimination; Special nuclear material detection

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Sweany, M., Marleau, P., Allwork, C., Kallenbach, G., and Hammon, S. Characterization of a silicon photo-multiplier array with summing board as a photo-multiplier tube replacement in organic scintillator assemblies. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.163118.
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Sweany, M., Marleau, P., Allwork, C., Kallenbach, G., & Hammon, S. Characterization of a silicon photo-multiplier array with summing board as a photo-multiplier tube replacement in organic scintillator assemblies. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163118
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Sweany, M., Marleau, P., Allwork, C., Kallenbach, G., and Hammon, S. Tue . "Characterization of a silicon photo-multiplier array with summing board as a photo-multiplier tube replacement in organic scintillator assemblies". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163118. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1575260.
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@article{osti_1575260,
title = {Characterization of a silicon photo-multiplier array with summing board as a photo-multiplier tube replacement in organic scintillator assemblies},
author = {Sweany, M. and Marleau, P. and Allwork, C. and Kallenbach, G. and Hammon, S.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we report on the energy, timing, and pulse-shape discrimination performance of cylindrical 5.08 cm diameter x 5.08 cm thick and 7.62 cm diameter x 7.62 cm thick trans-stilbene crystals read out with the passively summed output of three different commercial silicon photo-multiplier arrays. Our results indicate that using the summed output of an 8 x 8 array of SiPMs provides performance competitive with photo-multiplier tubes for many neutron imaging and correlated particle measurements. For a 5.08 cm diameter x 5.08 cm thick crystal read out with SensL’s ArrayJ-60035_64P-PCB, which had the best overall properties, we measure the energy resolution as 17.8 ± 0.8% at 341 keVee (σ/E), the timing resolution in the 180–400 keVee range as 236 ± 61 ps (σ), and the pulse-shape discrimination figure-of-merit as 2.21 ± 0.03 in the 230–260 keVee energy range. For a 7.62 cm diameter x 7.62 cm thick crystal read out with SensL’s ArrayJ-60035_64P-PCB, we measure the energy resolution as 21.9 ± 2.3% at 341 keVee, the timing resolution in the 180–400 keVee range as 518 ± 42 ps, and the pulse-shape discrimination figure-of-merit as 1.49 ± 0.01 in the 230–260 keVee energy range. Our findings enable many scintillator-based instruments to enjoy the size, robustness, and power benefits of silicon photo-multiplier arrays as replacement for the photo-multiplier tubes that are predominantly used today.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2019.163118},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 953,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {11}
}
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