Power saturation of ESR signal in ammonium tartrate exposed to 60Co γ-ray photons, electrons and protons

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 802-809

  Marrale, Maurizio ^a,b,c   Brai, Maria ^a,b,c   Triolo, Alessandro ^a   Bartolotta, Antonio ^a,b,c   D'Oca, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Unita CNISM   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM TARTRATE; COBALT 60; PROTON; TARTARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALGORITHMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARTRATES;

EID: 33750736698     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0600.1     Document Type: Article

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