Comparison of various techniques for the exact determination of absorbed dose in heavy ion fields using passive detectors

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1716-1721

  Berger, T ^a   Reitz, G ^a   Hajek, M ^b   Vana, N ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heavy ions; Space dosimetry; Thermoluminescence; TL efficiency

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ERROR CORRECTION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

SPACE DOSIMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE (TL); TL-EFFICIENCY; TRACK ETCH DETECTORS;

HEAVY IONS;

EID: 33744904171     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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