Characterization of EJ-276D plastic scintillator and its comparison with EJ-299-33A and BC-501A
Abstract A characteristic study of the new generation EJ-276D plastic scintillator detector, measuring 5 inches in diameter and 5 inches in length, was conducted. This study compared it with the earlier EJ-299-33A plastic scintillator and the BC-501A liquid scintillator. Key characteristics such as pulse height response, pulse shape discrimination, efficiency, and time resolution were measured and compared for each detector of the same dimensions. The results show that the performance of EJ-276D is superior to EJ-299-33A in every aspect. It exhibits comparable efficiency but lower pulse shape discrimination capabilities compared to the BC-501A liquid scintillator. Notably, the stability of the EJ-276D over time was also studied and found to be satisfactory.
Authors
- K. Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7731-8389)
- P. Pant
- Pratap Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4838-4467)
- A. Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8516-6154)
- R. Shil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6623-4403)
Institutions
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (IN)
- Visva-Bharati University (IN)
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/10/p10036
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04