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A digital method for the discrimination of neutrons and γ rays with organic scintillation detectors using frequency gradient analysis.

This reports the first analysis of the gradient of an organic scintillation detector response in the frequency domain to separate neutrons and gamma rays. This is important because the digital method of acquiring this data, pioneered at Lancaster, enables this variant of analysis for the first time, compatible with fast, embedded computing. It has attracted interest from the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics & Technology, Peking University, particularly applied to fusion tokamaks. This work consolidated an international collaboration between Lancaster and the highly-ranked National University of Defence Technology, China, resulting in M. J. Joyce being appointed Visiting Professor there.