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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 6, 060401(2025)

Neutron and gamma discrimination method based on KAN and MNv4

Yulong WANG^1,2,3, Xiufeng WENG^2,3, Xiao LIU^2,3, Xiang CHEN^2,3, Liang SHENG^2、*, and Tong LIU^1、**

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¹School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China

³National Key Laboratory of Intense Pulsed Radiation Simulation and Effect, Xi'an 710024, China

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Yulong WANG, Xiufeng WENG, Xiao LIU, Xiang CHEN, Liang SHENG, Tong LIU. Neutron and gamma discrimination method based on KAN and MNv4[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(6): 060401

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Category: NUCLEAR ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

Received: Sep. 6, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jul. 25, 2025

The Author Email: Liang SHENG (盛亮), Tong LIU (刘彤)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240349

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