TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tain, J. L.
AU  - Agramunt, J.
AU  - Algora, A.
AU  - Aprahamian, A.
AU  - Cano-Ott, D.
AU  - Fraile, L. M.
AU  - Guerrero, C.
AU  - Jordan, M. D.
AU  - Mach, H.
AU  - Martinez, T.
AU  - Mendoza, E.
AU  - Mosconi, M.
AU  - Nolte, R.
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015//
TI  - The sensitivity of LaBr3:Ce scintillation detectors to low energy neutrons: Measurement and Monte Carlo simulation
T2  - Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
JO  - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
SP  - 17
EP  - 24
VL  - 774
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv
KW  - Neutron sensitivity
KW  - Scintillation detectors
KW  - Lanthanum bromide
KW  - Geant4 simulations
KW  - Nuclear data libraries
AB  - The neutron sensitivity of a cylindrical circle minus 1.5 in x 1.5 in LaBr3:Ce scintillation detector was measured using quasi-monoenergetic neutron beams in the energy range from 40 keV to 2.5 MeV. In this energy range the detector is sensitive to gamma-rays generated in neutron inelastic and capture processes. The experimental energy response was compared with Monte Carlo simulations performed with the Geant4 simulation toolkit using the so-called High Precision Neutron Models. These models rely on relevant information stored in evaluated nuclear data libraries. The performance of the Geant4 Neutron Data Library as well as several standard nuclear data libraries was investigated. In the latter case this was made possible by the use of a conversion tool that allowed the direct use of the data from other libraries in Geant4. Overall it was found that there was good agreement with experiment for some of the neutron data bases like ENDF/B-VII.0 or JENDL-3.3 but not with the others such as ENDF/B-VI.8 or JEFF-3.1.
SN  - 0168-9002
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.11.060
DO  - 10.1016/j.nima.2014.11.060
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000347407800003
ID  - Tain_etal2015
ER  -