A track structure model of optically stimulated luminescence from Al2O3:C irradiated with 10-60 MeV protons

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-275

  Edmund, Jens M ^a   Andersen, Claus E ^a   Greilich, Steffen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Optically stimulated luminescence; Proton dosimetry; Track structure theory

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; DOSIMETERS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHARGE MIGRATION; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PROTON DOSIMETRY; TRACK STRUCTURE THEORY;

PROTONS;

EID: 34547887618     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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