Please sketch (digitally) the differential pulse height spectrum you would expect from a proton recoil detector if the incident neutron energy spectrum is known to have three very prominent and narrow peaks at 75, 150, and 300 keV

Please sketch (digitally) the differential pulse height spectrum you would expect from a proton recoil detector if the incident neutron energy spectrum is known to have three very prominent and narrow peaks at 75, 150, and 300 keV

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