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Title: Organic Scintillator Detector Response Simulations with DRiFT

Abstract

Here, this work presents the organic scintillation simulation capabilities of DRiFT, a post-processing Detector Response Function Toolkit for MCNPR output. DRiFT is used to create realistic scintillation detector response functions to incident neutron and gamma mixed- field radiation. As a post-processing tool, DRiFT leverages the extensively validated radiation transport capabilities of MCNPR®6, which also provides the ability to simulate complex sources and geometries. DRiFT is designed to be flexible, it allows the user to specify scintillator material, PMT type, applied PMT voltage, and quenching data used in simulations. The toolkit's capabilities, which include the generation of pulse shape discrimination plots and full-energy detector spectra, are demonstrated in a comparison of measured and simulated neutron contributions from 252Cf and PuBe, and photon spectra from 22Na and 228Th sources. DRiFT reproduced energy resolution effects observed in EJ-301 measurements through the inclusion of scintillation yield variances, photon transport noise, and PMT photocathode and multiplication noise.

Authors:
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1340962
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1776896
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-21210
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396; 20150705PRD2
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 830; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; DRiFT; MCNP; scintillator; detector response function

Citation Formats

Andrews, Madison Theresa, Bates, Cameron Russell, Mckigney, Edward Allen, Solomon, Clell Jeffrey Jr., and Sood, Avneet. Organic Scintillator Detector Response Simulations with DRiFT. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.06.011.
Andrews, Madison Theresa, Bates, Cameron Russell, Mckigney, Edward Allen, Solomon, Clell Jeffrey Jr., & Sood, Avneet. Organic Scintillator Detector Response Simulations with DRiFT. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.06.011
Andrews, Madison Theresa, Bates, Cameron Russell, Mckigney, Edward Allen, Solomon, Clell Jeffrey Jr., and Sood, Avneet. 2016. "Organic Scintillator Detector Response Simulations with DRiFT". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.06.011. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1340962.
@article{osti_1340962,
title = {Organic Scintillator Detector Response Simulations with DRiFT},
author = {Andrews, Madison Theresa and Bates, Cameron Russell and Mckigney, Edward Allen and Solomon, Clell Jeffrey Jr. and Sood, Avneet},
abstractNote = {Here, this work presents the organic scintillation simulation capabilities of DRiFT, a post-processing Detector Response Function Toolkit for MCNPR output. DRiFT is used to create realistic scintillation detector response functions to incident neutron and gamma mixed- field radiation. As a post-processing tool, DRiFT leverages the extensively validated radiation transport capabilities of MCNPR®6, which also provides the ability to simulate complex sources and geometries. DRiFT is designed to be flexible, it allows the user to specify scintillator material, PMT type, applied PMT voltage, and quenching data used in simulations. The toolkit's capabilities, which include the generation of pulse shape discrimination plots and full-energy detector spectra, are demonstrated in a comparison of measured and simulated neutron contributions from 252Cf and PuBe, and photon spectra from 22Na and 228Th sources. DRiFT reproduced energy resolution effects observed in EJ-301 measurements through the inclusion of scintillation yield variances, photon transport noise, and PMT photocathode and multiplication noise.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2016.06.011},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1340962}, journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
issn = {0168-9002},
number = ,
volume = 830,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sat Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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