OSL and TL in LiF:Mg,Ti following alpha particle and beta ray irradiation: Application to mixed-field radiation dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-265

  Oster, Leonido ^a   Horowitz, Y S ^b   Podpalov, L ^a  

^a SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; TITANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TITANIUM;

EID: 45149083299     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm368     Document Type: Article

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