Abstract
Abstract This paper describes a method for more complete neutron detector characterization using Geant4’s Monte Carlo methods for characterizing overall detector response rate and Garfield interfaced with SRIM for the simulation of the detector’s raw pulses, as applied to a hybrid 10 B/ 3 He detector. The Geant4 models characterizing the detector’s interaction with a 252 Cf point source and parallel beams of mono-energetic neutrons (assuming ISO 8529 reference energy values) compare and agree well with calibrated 252 Cf measurements to within 6.4%. Validated Geant4 model outputs serve as input to Garfield+SRIM calculations to provide meaningful pulse height spectra. Modifications to Garfield for this work were necessary to account for simultaneous tracking of electrons resulting from proton and triton reaction products from a single 3 He neutron capture event, and it was further necessary to interface Garfield with the energy loss, range, and straggling calculations provided by SRIM. Individual raw pulses generated by Garfield+SRIM are also observed to agree well with experimentally measured raw pulses from the detector.
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