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We present a characterization of a small (9-liter) and mobile 0.1% 6Li-doped pulse-shape-sensitive plastic scintillator antineutrino detector called SANDD (Segmented AntiNeutrino Directional Detector), constructed for the purpose of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-06-02 F. Sutanto , T. M. Classen , S. A. Dazeley , M. J. Duvall , I. Jovanovic , V. A. Li , A. N. Mabe , E. T. E. Reedy , T. Wu

In this work, we present results for discrimination of neutron and $\gamma$ events using a plastic scintillator detector with pulse shape discrimination capabilities. Machine learning (ML) algorithms are used to improve the discriminatory…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-19 S. Panda , P. K. Netrakanti , S. P. Behera , R. R. Sahu , K. Kumar , R. Sehgal , D. K. Mishra , V. Jha

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) can enable photon-number resolution (PNR) based on accurate measurements of the detector's response time to few-photon optical pulses. In this work we investigate the impact of the…

Pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) is usually achieved using the different fast and slow decay components of inorganic scintillators, such as BaF2, CsI:Tl, etc. However, LaBr3:Ce is considered to not possess different components at room…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-03 Jirong Cang , XinChao Fang , Zhi Zeng , Ming Zeng , Yinong Liu , Zhigang Sun , Ziyun Chen

We constructed a neutron calibration facility based on a 300-mCi Am-Be source in conjunction with a search for weakly interacting massive particle candidates for dark matter. The facility is used to study the response of CsI(Tl) crystals to…

Many modern digital analyzers offer the ability to record raw pulses from ionizing radiation detectors. We use this opportunity to investigate the effectiveness of Charge Comparison Method in Pulse Shape Discrimination of neutron and gamma…

Pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) in high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors is central to rare-event searches such as neutrinoless double-beta decay (0vBB), yet conventional approaches compress each waveform into a small set of summary…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-09 Marta Babicz , Saúl Alonso-Monsalve , Alain Fauquex , Laura Baudis

In this study, we evaluate and compare the pulse shape discrimination (PSD) performance of multipixel photon counters (MPPCs, also known as silicon photomultiphers - SiPMs) with that of a typical photomultiplier tube (PMT) when testing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-01-06 Nguyen V. H. Viet , M. Nomachi , K. Takahisa , T. Shima , B. T. Khai , R. Takaishi , K. Miyamoto

There are recent interests with CsI(Tl) scintillating crystals for Dark Matter experiments. The key merit is the capability to differentiate nuclear recoil (nr) signatures from the background $\beta / \gamma$-events due to ambient…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-10 S. C. Wu

Organic scintillators are important in advancing nuclear detection and particle physics experiments. Achieving a high signal-to-noise ratio necessitates efficient pulse shape discrimination techniques to accurately distinguish between…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-11 Fengzhao Shen , Tao Li , Jingkui He , Shenghui Xie , Yuehuan Wei , Tuchen Huang , Wei Wang

Detailed characterization of the newly available plastic scintillator (EJ-299-33A) having the pulse shape discrimination (PSD) property has been carried out in case of a large-sized detector (5 in.$\times$5 in.). The pulse height response…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-08 Pratap Roy , K. Banerjee , A. K. Saha , C. Bhattacharya , J. K. Meenaa , P. Bhaskar , S. Mukhopadhyay , S. Bhattacharya

A first comparison has been made between the pulse-shape discrimination characteristics of a novel $^{4}$He-based pressurized scintillation detector and a NE-213 liquid-scintillator reference detector using an Am/Be mixed-field neutron and…

A successfull application of Geiger-mode multipixel avalanche diodes (GMAPDs) for pulse-shape discrimination in alpha-beta spectrometry using organic liquid scintillator is described in this paper. Efficient discrimination of alpha and beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-28 I. Kreslo , I. Badhrees , S. Delaquis , A. Ereditato , S. Janos , M. Messina , U. Moser , B. Rossi , M. Zeller

Pulse shape discrimination plays a key role in improving the signal-to-background ratio in NEOS analysis by removing fast neutrons. Identifying particles by looking at the tail of the waveform has been an effective and plausible approach…

We present a detailed characterization of the thermal neutron sensitive transparent glass scintillator SG101, benchmarked against the conventional LiF ZnS(Ag)based scintillator EJ426. The detection efficiency, energy resolution, and pulse…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-13 Yuhang Liu , Fengpeng An , Guang Luo , Wei Wang , Wei Wei , Xuesong Zhang , Dixiao Lu , Xiaohao Yin

Plastic scintillators detectors (PSDs) have been studied as dosimeters, since they provide a cost-effective alternative to conventional ionization chambers. Measurement and analysis of energy dependency were performed on a Siemens Mammomat…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-06 J. Antunes , J. Machado , L. Peralta , N. Matela

In neutrino experiments, hemispherical photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are often used to cover large surfaces or volumes to maximize the photocathode coverage with a minimum number of channels. Instrumentation is often coarse, and neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-05-08 S. Samani , S. Mandalia , C. Argüelles , S. Axani , Y. Li , M. H. Moulai , B. Ty , Z. Xie , J. Conrad , T. Katori , P. Sandstrom

The use of Time-over-Threshold (TOT) for the discrimination between fast neutrons and gamma-rays is advantageous when large number of detection channels are required due to the simplicity of its implementation. However, the results obtained…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-01 A. Roy , D. Vartsky , I. Mor , E. O. Cohen , Y. Yehuda-Zada , A. Beck , L. Arazi

In recent years, particle discrimination methods based on digital waveform analysis techniques for neutron-transmutation-doped silicon (nTD-Si) detectors have become widely used for the identification of low-energy charged particles.…

One of the main purposes of the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is to measure the cosmic ray nuclei up to several tens of TeV or beyond, whose origin and propagation remains a hot topic in astrophysics. The Plastic Scintillator…