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Proton discrimination in CLYC for fast neutron spectroscopy
J. A. Brown, B. L. Goldblum, J. M. Gordon +3
The CsLiYCl:Ce (CLYC) elpasolite scintillator is known for its response to fast and thermal neutrons along with good -ray energy resolution. While the Cl() r…
Global Characterization of a Laser-Generated Neutron Source
D. P. Higginson, R. Lelièvre, L. Vassura +17
Laser-driven neutron sources are routinely produced by the interaction of laser-accelerated protons with a converter. They present complementary characteristics to those of convent…
Characterization of a SiPM-based monolithic neutron scatter camera using dark counts
J. Balajthy, J. Brown, E. Brubaker +11
We report on the design and characterization of a prototype monolithic neutron scatter camera that is intended to significantly improve upon the geometrical shortcomings of convent…
Absolute light yield of the EJ-204 plastic scintillator
J. A. Brown, T. A. Laplace, B. L. Goldblum +4
The absolute light yield of a scintillator, defined as the number of scintillation photons produced per unit energy deposited, is a useful quantity for scintillator development, re…
Wargames as Data: Addressing the Wargamer's Trilemma
Andrew W. Reddie, Ruby E. Booth, Bethany L. Goldblum +2
Policymakers often want the very best data with which to make decisions--particularly when concerned with questions of national and international security. But what happens when th…
Measurement of proton light yield of water-based liquid scintillator
E. J. Callaghan, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown +4
The proton light yield of liquid scintillators is an important property in the context of their use in large-scale neutrino experiments, with direct implications for neutrino-proto…
Nuclear Data to Reduce Uncertainties in Reactor Antineutrino Measurements: Summary Report of the Workshop on Nuclear Data for Reactor Antineutrino Measurements (WoNDRAM)
Catherine Romano, Nathaniel Bowden, Andrew Conant +10
The large quantities of antineutrinos produced through the decay of fission fragments in nuclear reactors provide an opportunity to study the properties of these particles and inve…
Nu Tools: Exploring Practical Roles for Neutrinos in Nuclear Energy and Security
Oluwatomi Akindele, Nathaniel Bowden, Rachel Carr +11
For decades, physicists have used neutrinos from nuclear reactors to advance basic science. These pursuits have inspired many ideas for application of neutrino detectors in nuclear…
Simultaneous measurement of organic scintillator response to carbon and proton recoils
T. A. Laplace, B. L. Goldblum, J. J. Manfredi +6
Background: Organic scintillators are widely used for neutron detection in both basic nuclear physics and applications. While the proton light yield of organic scintillators has be…
Proton light yield of fast plastic scintillators for neutron imaging
J. J. Manfredi, B. L. Goldblum, T. A. Laplace +6
Plastic organic scintillators have been tailored in composition to achieve ultra-fast temporal response, thereby enabling the design and development of fast neutron detection syste…
Comparative scintillation performance of EJ-309, EJ-276, and a novel organic glass
T. A. Laplace, B. L. Goldblum, J. E. Bevins +14
An organic glass scintillator developed by Sandia National Laboratories was characterized in terms of its light output and pulse shape discrimination (PSD) properties and compared…
FIER: Software for analytical modeling of delayed gamma-ray spectra
E. F. Matthews, B. L. Goldblum, L. A. Bernstein +7
A new software package, the Fission Induced Electromagnetic Response (FIER) code, has been developed to analytically predict delayed -ray spectra following fission. FIER uses ev…
Proton Light Yield in Organic Scintillators using a Double Time-of-Flight Technique
J. A. Brown, B. L. Goldblum, T. A. Laplace +7
Recent progress in the development of novel organic scintillators necessitates modern characterization capabilities. As the primary means of energy deposition by neutrons in these…
Neutron Spectroscopy for Pulsed Beams with Frame Overlap using a Double Time-of-Flight Technique
K. P. Harrig, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown +6
A new double time-of-flight (dTOF) neutron spectroscopy technique has been developed for pulsed broad spectrum sources with a duty cycle that results in frame overlap, where fast n…
Scintillator light yield measurements with waveform digitizers
T. A. Laplace, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown +1
The proton light yield of organic scintillators has been measured extensively in recent years using fast waveform digitizers and large discrepancies exist in the values reported by…
Low Energy Light Yield of Fast Plastic Scintillators
T. A. Laplace, B. L. Goldblum, J. A. Brown +9
Compact neutron imagers using double-scatter kinematic reconstruction are being designed for localization and characterization of special nuclear material. These neutron imaging sy…
Neutrino Detectors as Tools for Nuclear Security
Adam Bernstein, Nathaniel Bowden, Bethany L. Goldblum +3
For over 40 years, physicists have considered possible uses for neutrino detectors in nuclear nonproliferation, arms control, and fissile materials security. Neutrinos are an attra…
Restricted spin-range correction in the Oslo Method: The example of nuclear level density and -ray strength function from
F. Zeiser, G. M. Tveten, G. Potel +19
The Oslo Method has been applied to particle- coincidences following the (d,p) reaction to obtain the nuclear level density (NLD) and -ray strength functio…
La(, ) cross sections constrained with statistical decay properties of La nuclei
Bonginkosi Vincent Kheswa, Mathis Wiedeking, Josh Brown +22
The nuclear level densities and -ray strength functions of La were measured using the La(He, ), La(He, He) and $^{1…