Optimization study on neutron spectrum unfolding based on the least-squares method

Hong-Hu Song; Yong-Gang Yuan; Tai-Ping Peng; Yang Yang; Yong-Gang Mo; Jing Wu

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Optimization study on neutron spectrum unfolding based on the least-squares method

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- Optimization study on neutron spectrum unfolding based on the least-squares method
- Nuclear Science and Techniques Vol. 29, Issue 8, Article number: 118(2018)
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  1.China Academy of Engineering Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, Mianyang 621900, China)
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Hong-Hu Song, Yong-Gang Yuan, Tai-Ping Peng, et al. Optimization study on neutron spectrum unfolding based on the least-squares method. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 29(8):118(2018)
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Hong-Hu Song, Yong-Gang Yuan, Tai-Ping Peng, et al. Optimization study on neutron spectrum unfolding based on the least-squares method. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 29(8):118(2018) DOI： 10.1007/s41365-018-0454-5.

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Abstract

The response functions and pulse height spectrum (PHS) of a 2", $\times$ ,2" BC501A detector were obtained through a general-purpose Monte-Carlo simulation toolkit, Geant4. A relatively simple but effective method was adopted to unfold the PHS. Recommendations regarding the response matrix were proposed to optimize the unfolding results. The results indicate that the accuracy of the unfolding can be greatly improved using many incident neutrons with a wide energy range, a proper energy interval, and an appropriate channel width of the response matrix. The above-mentioned method was verified by unfolding three different types of simulated spectrum, the results of which are in good accord with the simulated distribution.

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response matrixneutron unfoldingGeant4optimization

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