Delocalized recombination kinetic modelling of the LiF: Mg,Ti glow peak 5 thermoluminescence system

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Weiss, D ^a   Horowitz, Y S ^b   Oster, L ^c  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

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EID: 54749118517     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/18/185411     Document Type: Article

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