Discrimination of neutrons and &gamma;-rays in liquid scintillator based on Elman neural network

Cai-Xun Zhang; Shin-Ted Lin; Jian-Ling Zhao; Xun-Zhen Yu; Li Wang; Jing-Jun Zhu; Hao-Yang Xing

doi:10.1088/1674-1137/40/8/086204

Chinese Physics C> 2016, Vol. 40> Issue(8) : 086204 DOI: 10.1088/1674-1137/40/8/086204

Discrimination of neutrons and γ-rays in liquid scintillator based on Elman neural network

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Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology,Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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School of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging (Ministry of Education) and Department of Engineering Physics,Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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In this work, a new neutron and γ(n/γ) discrimination method based on an Elman Neural Network (ENN) is proposed to improve the discrimination performance of liquid scintillator (LS) detectors. Neutron and γ data were acquired from an EJ-335 LS detector, which was exposed in a ²⁴¹Am-⁹Be radiation field. Neutron and γ events were discriminated using two methods of artificial neural network including the ENN and a typical Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) as a control. The results show that the two methods have different n/γ discrimination performances. Compared to the BPNN, the ENN provides an improved of Figure of Merit (FOM) in n/γ discrimination. The FOM increases from 0.907 ± 0.034 to 0.953 ± 0.037 by using the new method of the ENN. The proposed n/γ discrimination method based on ENN provides a new choice of pulse shape discrimination in neutron detection.
- liquid scintillator ,
- n/ discrimination ,
- Elman neural network ,
- BP neural network

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Cai-Xun Zhang, Shin-Ted Lin, Jian-Ling Zhao, Xun-Zhen Yu, Li Wang, Jing-Jun Zhu and Hao-Yang Xing. Discrimination of neutrons and γ-rays in liquid scintillator based on Elman neural network[J]. Chinese Physics C, 2016, 40(8): 086204. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/40/8/086204

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