Exploiting electrostatic forces between electrons in conductors helps promote the discrimination effect in n−γ discrimination

When a pulse is transmitted across a conductor, the electrons that constitute the pulse are not only acted upon by an electrostatic force from the power source, but the electrons themselves also interact with each other due to the Coulomb forces. These interactions are able to make the pulse become wider and its amplitude lower when transmitted across the conductor and thus changes the shape of the acquired pulses which makes it easier for one to distinguish n−γ pulses. A new digital model has been developed from this concept to process the acquired signals. The results have shown that the processed pulses will become wider and have a lower peak, and this can lead to a better discrimination result.