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Statistical analysis for discrimination of prompt gamma ray peak induced by high energy neutron: Monte Carlo simulation study

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The purpose of this research is a statistical analysis for discrimination of prompt gamma ray peak induced by the 14.1 MeV neutron particles from spectra using Monte Carlo simulation. For the simulation, the information of 18 detector materials was used to simulate spectra by the neutron capture reaction. The discrimination of nine prompt gamma ray peaks from the simulation of each detector material was performed. We presented the several comparison indexes of energy resolution performance depending on the detector material using the simulation and statistics for the prompt gamma activation analysis.

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This research was supported by the Leading Foreign Research Institute Recruitment Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) & Future Planning (MSIP)(Grant No.2009-00420) and the Radiation Technology Research and Development program (Grant No.2013043498), Republic of Korea.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering and Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 137-701, Korea

    Do-Kun Yoon, Joo-Young Jung & Tae Suk Suh

  2. Department of Health Science, School of Child and Social Welfare, The Kyungwoon University of Korea, Gumi, 730-739, Korea

    Seong-Min Han

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Yoon, DK., Jung, JY., Han, SM. et al. Statistical analysis for discrimination of prompt gamma ray peak induced by high energy neutron: Monte Carlo simulation study. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 859–866 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3572-5

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