Fast neutron measurements with 7Li and 6Li enriched CLYC scintillators
- A. Giaz
- N. Blasi
- C. Boiano
- S. Brambilla
- F. Camera
- C. Cattadori
- S. Ceruti
- F. Gramegna
- T. Marchi
- I. Mattei
- A. Mentana
- B. Million
- L. Pellegri
- M. Rebai
- S. Riboldi
- F. Salamida
- M. Tardocchi
DOIAbstract
The recently developed Cs2LiYCl6:Ce (CLYC) crystals are interesting scintillation detectors not only for their gamma energy resolution (<5% at 662 keV) but also for their capability to identify and measure the energy of both gamma rays and fast/thermal neutrons. The thermal neutrons were detected by the 6Li(n,\u3b1)t reaction while for the fast neutrons the 35Cl(n,p)35S and 35Cl(n,\u3b1)32P neutron-capture reactions were exploited. The energy of the outgoing proton or \u3b1 particle scales linearly with the incident neutron energy. The kinetic energy of the fast neutrons can be measured using both the Time Of Flight (TOF) technique and using the CLYC energy signal. In this work, the response to monochromatic fast neutrons (1.9-3.8 MeV) of t...
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