Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator

In this work the capability of various scintillation materials to discriminate gamma rays and neutrons were studied. Also such basic properties of scintillators as light emission spectrum and light output were determined. The studied materials were BC-501A liquid scintillator and a plastic scintilla...

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Main Author: Poleshchuk, Oleksii
Other Authors: Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Sciences, Fysiikan laitos, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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spellingShingle Poleshchuk, Oleksii Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator PSD Scintillator Fysiikka Physics 4021
title Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator
title_full Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator
title_fullStr Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator
title_short Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator
title_sort characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid bc 501a scintillator
title_txtP Characterization of a new plastic scintillation material and comparison with liquid BC-501A scintillator
topic PSD Scintillator Fysiikka Physics 4021
topic_facet 4021 Fysiikka PSD Physics Scintillator
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