Improved predections of neutron detection efficiency for hydrocarbon scintillators from 1 MeV to about 300 MeV

1979/05/01 by R. Cecil, R.A. Cecil, B.D. Anderson +1 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

paper · doi:10.1016/0029-554x(79)90417-8

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• When a $150-200$ MeV neutron interacts inelastically with the hydrogen and carbon nuclei in plastic scintillator, it will almost always produce charged particles (protons, alphas, recoil nuclei). (See [stackexchange, 2 points]