Measurements of the light output functions of plastic scintillator using ⁹ Be(d, n) ¹⁰ B reaction neutron source

Abstract

The light output functions for protons of ST-401 and BC-408 plastic scintillators were measured using white neutron source produced by the 9Be(d, n) 10B reaction at the HI-13 Tandem Accelerator at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). The LOFs of plastic scintillators for protons in the energy range of 0.5–16.5 MeV were obtained by the time-of-flight (TOF) technique and an iterative procedure. Two parameters (kB and C) were deduced by fitting the experimental data.