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The publicly accessible dataset includes neutron and gamma-ray pulse signals for conducting pulse shape discrimination experiments. Several traditional and recently proposed pulse shape discrimination algorithms are utilized to evaluate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Kaimin Wang , Haoran Liu , Peng Li , Mingzhe Liu , Zhuo Zuo

A pulse-shape discrimination method based on artificial neural networks was applied to pulses simulated for different background, signal and signal-like interactions inside a germanium detector. The simulated pulses were used to investigate…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-09-02 A. Caldwell , F. Cossavella , B. Majorovits , D. Palioselitis , O. Volynets

Fast-neutron/gamma-ray pulse-shape discrimination has been performed for the organic liquid scintillators NE 213A and EJ 305 using a time-of-flight based neutron-tagging technique and waveform digitization on an event-by-event basis.…

We have characterized in depth the time response of three detectors equipped with cylindrical LaBr$_{3}$ (Ce) crystals with dimensions of 1-in. in height and 1-in. in diameter, and having nominal Ce doping concentration of 5%, 8% and 10%.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 V. Vedia , H. Mach , L. M. Fraile , J. M. Udias , S. Lalkovski

In a dedicated test setup at the Kamioka Observatory we studied pulse shape discrimination (PSD) in liquid xenon (LXe) for dark matter searches. PSD in LXe was based on the observation that scintillation light from electron events was…

We developed machine learning algorithms for distinguishing scintillation signals from a plastic-liquid coupled detector known as a phoswich. The challenge lies in discriminating signals from organic scintillators with similar shapes and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-07 Yujin Lee , Jinyoung Kim , Byoung-cheol Koh , Young Soo Yoon , Chang Hyon Ha

he DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a general purposed satellite-borne high energy $\gamma-$ray and cosmic ray detector, and among the scientific objectives of DAMPE are the searches for the origin of cosmic rays and an…

Accurate energy channel calibration in scintillation detectors is essential for reliable radiation detection across nuclear physics, medical imaging, and environmental monitoring. Organic scintillators like BC408 and EJ309 lack full-energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-23 Dehua Kong , Yanbiao Zhang , Zixi Lin , Yehao Qiu , Xiulian Chen , Zhonghai Wang

We report on the performance of ultra low noise differential photodetectors especially designed for probing of atomic ensembles with weak light pulses. The working principle of the detectors is described together with the analysis…

There is a key research issue to accurately select out neutron signals and discriminate gamma signals from a mixed radiation field in the neutron detection. This paper proposes a fractal spectrum discrimination approach by means of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-03 Mingzhe Liu , Bingqi Liu , Zhuo Zuo , Lei Wang , Guibin Zan , Xianguo Tuo

Blind Source Separation (BSS) has proven to be a powerful tool for the analysis of composite patterns in engineering and science. We introduce Convex Analysis of Mixtures (CAM) for separating non-negative well-grounded sources, which learns…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-12-14 Yitan Zhu , Niya Wang , David J. Miller , Yue Wang

LaBr3:Ce crystals have good scintillation properties for X-ray spectroscopy. Initially, they were introduced for radiation imaging in medical physics with either a photomultiplier or SiPM readout, and they found extensive applications in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-11-29 M. Bonesini , R. Bertoni , A. Abba , F. Caponio , M. C. Prata , M. Rossella

We report on the results of the positional-dependent pulse shape discrimination (PSD) parameter observed within a monolithic CLLB scintillation crystal. CLLB, a relatively novel inorganic scintillation crystal, is capable of PSD between…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-16 Richard S. Woolf , Bernard F. Phlips , Anthony L. Hutcheson , Andrew D. Maris , Eric A. Wulf

A new Digital Pulse Processing (DPP) module has been developed, based on a domino ring sampler version 4 chip (DRS4), with good time resolution for LaBr3 detectors, and different digital timing analysis methods for processing the raw…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-02-26 Cheng-Ming Du , Jin-Da Chen , Xiu-Ling Zhang , Hai-Bo Yang , Ke Cheng , Jie Kong , Zheng-Guo Hu , Zhi-Yu Sun , Hong Su , Hu-Shan Xu

This study introduces chromatic calorimetry, a novel particle detection method that uses strategically layered scintillators with different emission wavelengths. This approach aims to enhance energy measurement by capturing particle…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-16 Devanshi Arora , Matteo Salomoni , Yacine Haddad , Vojtech Zabloudil , Michael Doser , Masaki Owari , Etiennette Auffray

Energy resolution and the detection efficiency for gamma quanta are fundamental properties in the construction of detectors for ionizing radiation. In this study, a SiPM-based photodetector coupled to a monolithic inorganic CeBr_{3} crystal…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-15 Veronika Asova , Galin Bistrev , Valentin Buchakchiev , Venelin Kozhuharov

In many physical experiments and applications with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), high-speed pulse digitalization is used extensively. The current pulse from a PMT has a rising time of several to a hundred nanoseconds. The current pulse…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-08 Tao Xue , Jinfu Zhu , Guanghua Gong , Liangjun Wei , Jianmin Li

We discuss over the energy resolution we measured for several Helium-3 proportional tubes. The energy resolution of a Helium-3 detector is strictly related to the discrimination between gamma-rays and neutrons that can be achieved. We also…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-10-23 Edoardo Rossi

The light output, $\alpha/\beta$ ratio, and pulse shape have been investigated at $-25^\circ$ C with PbWO$_4$ crystal scintillators undoped, and doped by F, Eu, Mo, Gd and S. The fast $0.01-0.06 \mu$s and middle $0.1-0.5 \mu$s components of…