A simple method of energy calibration for thin plastic scintillator

S. Hohara; F. Saiho; J. Tanaka; S. Aoki; Y. Uozumi; M. Matoba

doi:10.1109/23.958745

A simple method of energy calibration for thin plastic scintillator

S. Hohara, F. Saiho, J. Tanaka, S. Aoki, Y. Uozumi, M. Matoba

Applied Nuclear Physics

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A thin plastic scintillator is used as a trigger counter in a charged particle spectrometer. Since its Compton edge is not clear, it is difficult to test the thin plastic scintillator counter with a standard gamma-ray source. In this paper, a simple method is proposed to determine the Compton edge and the energy resolution of the thin plastic scintillator by fitting the simulated spectrum to the measured spectrum. The simulated spectrum was made with a Monte Carlo program utilizing the geometry of the plastic scintillator. This technique was examined with three different plastic scintillators.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1172-1176
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	48
Issue number	4 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/23.958745
Publication status	Published - Aug 2001
Event	Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) 2000 - Lyon, France Duration: Oct 15 2000 → Oct 20 2000

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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