TL-efficiency-Overview and experimental results over the years

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 146-156

  Berger, T ^a   Hajek, M ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heavy ions; Thermoluminescence detectors; Thermoluminescence efficiency; TLD 300; TLD 700; TLD 700H

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRONS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY IONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOSPHORS;

DOSE EQUIVALENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS (EP); EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; INTER COMPARISON; LIF:MG , TI; NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; SPACE DOSIMETRY;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 45149090852     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.10.029     Document Type: Article

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