Method for Obtaining Information about a Radiation Source or a Material Interacting with a Radiation Source and a Measurement Setup for Performing the Method
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining information about a radiation source or a material interacting with radiation from a radiation source, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a radiation detector capable of delivering neutron energy information allowing the production of response histogram(s) as a function of energy (E);
(b) measuring with said radiation detector neutrons being emitted from said radiation source or from said material;
(c) deriving from said measured neutrons a neutron energy spectrum, especially in form of a response histogram;
(d) normalizing said energy spectrum or response histogram relative to a parameter or set of parameters derived from the measurement of a different variable;
(e) comparing said normalized energy spectrum or histogram with known energy spectra or histograms; and
(f) drawing conclusions on the basis of said comparison about the nature of the radiation source or material, or both.
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A method for obtaining information about an unknown neutron source or an unknown material interacting with a known neutron source comprises the steps of: (a) providing a radiation detector capable of delivering a neutron energy information allowing the production of response histogram(s) as a function of neutron energy, (b) measuring with said radiation detector neutrons being emitted from said unknown neutron source or from said unknown material, (c) deriving from said measured neutrons a neutron energy spectrum, especially in form of a histogram, (d) normalizing said energy spectrum or histogram relative to a parameter or set of parameters derived from the measurement of a different variable, (e) comparing said normalized energy spectrum or histogram with known energy spectra or histograms, and (f) drawing conclusions on the basis of said comparison about the nature of the unknown neutron source or unknown material.
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1. A method for obtaining information about a radiation source or a material interacting with radiation from a radiation source, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a radiation detector capable of delivering neutron energy information allowing the production of response histogram(s) as a function of energy (E);
(b) measuring with said radiation detector neutrons being emitted from said radiation source or from said material;
(c) deriving from said measured neutrons a neutron energy spectrum, especially in form of a response histogram;
(d) normalizing said energy spectrum or response histogram relative to a parameter or set of parameters derived from the measurement of a different variable;
(e) comparing said normalized energy spectrum or histogram with known energy spectra or histograms; and
(f) drawing conclusions on the basis of said comparison about the nature of the radiation source or material, or both. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- (a) providing a radiation detector capable of delivering neutron energy information allowing the production of response histogram(s) as a function of energy (E);
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