Neutron-Neutrino Sensing Lab

-Furthering nuclear data and nuclear security applications

Publications

Journal Publications

P. Maedgen, B. S. Wellons, S. Prasad, J. Tao, “Improving Pulse Shape Discrimination In Organic Scintillation Detectors By Understanding Underlying Data Structure,” Nuclear Technology (In Press, 2022)

W. E. Ang, S. Prasad, S. Chirayath, “Antineutrino Detection for Temporal Monitoring of Fuel Burnup in a Large Nuclear Reactor,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A , 1028, 166353, (2022).

I. W. Halvic and S. Prasad, “Neutron Spectrum Reconstruction for Liquid Organic Scintillators in Low Information Scenarios via Genetic Algorithm,” Pramana – Journal of Physics, 96, 71 (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s12043-022-02333-y

W. E. Ang, S. Prasad, and R. Mahapatra “Coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scatter response of semiconductor detectors to nuclear reactor antineutrinos” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1004, 165342 (2021).

J. Norris, S. Prasad, “Importance of Self-Shielding in Mass Measurements using Gamma Spectroscopy”, Pramana – Journal of Physics, 94, 109 (2020) 

A. Karmakar, S. Prasad, A. Kelkar, “Energy Response Function of Stilbene and BC501 Neutron Detection System,” Advances in Energy Research, Vol. 2 (2020), 8-981-15-2662-6 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2662-6

Conference Proceedings

R. S. Kumaran, B. Wellons, S. Prasad, “High Speed Computation Using an FPGA with Neutron-Gamma Scintillation Detectors,” Transactions of the 2021 American Nuclear Society, 125, 292 (2021).

W. E. Ang, S. Lee, S. Prasad, “Improvements in Antineutrino Detector Response by Including Fission Product Transitions,” Transactions of the 2021 American Nuclear Society, 125, 340 (2021).

W. E. Ang, S. Prasad, R. Mahapatra, Reactor antineutrino response using low threshold coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scatter-based detectors, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 31 Oct – 7 Nov, 2020.

I. Halvic, S. Prasad, Genetic Algorithm for Spectrum Reconstruction of Neutron Sources, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 60th Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, CA, USA, 14- 18 July 2019.

S. M. Woo, S. Prasad, S. Chirayath, Investigation of void formations using neutron measurements in filler materials for dual-purpose canisters, American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 9-13, June 2019.