Responses and glow curves of Li2B4O7:Cu, BeO and CaSO4:Tm TLDs to 10-40 keV monoenergetic photons from synchrotron radiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Nariyama, N ^a   Tanaka, S ^b   Nakane, Y ^b   Asano, Y ^b   Hirayama, H ^c   Ban, S ^c   Nakashima, H ^b   Namito, Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GAMMA RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SYNCHROTRON; TEMPERATURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

EID: 0031437924     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032192     Document Type: Article

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