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\begin{abstract}
The advantages of performing neutron-tagging measurements using a waveform digitizer are explored. An existing analog setup consisting of modular crate electronics at the Source-Testing Facility at the Division of Nuclear Physics in Lund, Sweden has been digitally replicated. Neutrons are detected using an organic liquid-scintillator  detector while the corresponding \SI{4.44}{MeV} gamma-rays are detected using inorganic scintillation crystals. The performance of the digitizer-based setup is compared to that of the modular analog setup in terms of neutron and gamma-ray pulse-shape discrimination and time-of-flight. The results obtained using the digitizer-based approach are superior to those obtained using the modular analog approach in all aspects. The digitizer-based approach is then successfully employed both to distinguish between neutrons and gamma-rays via a convolutional neural network and to relate neutron deposition energy to neutron kinetic energy via time-of-flight.
%-Set the stage. ESS and need for neutron detection + energy determination. charectarize detectors with known sources. ToF use in other contexts. 
%-Results: we can do the same measurements, but switching detectors and using more channels is easier. Varying parameters is easier (Take one dataset and vary parameters in software).
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\subsubsection*{Acknowledgments}
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I would like to thank all the members of the Sonnig group for creating a friendly atmosphere and providing helpful feedback. In particular I want to thank my supervisors Hanno and Kevin. You gave me the freedom to jump down rabbit holes and open up cans of worms, but always helped me to stay on track. I very much appreciate your guidance and support throughout this project. Finally I want to thank my wife Cibele. This project would not have been possible without your patience and advice.

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