Relative optically stimulated luminescence and thermoluminescence efficiencies of Al2O3:C dosimeters to heavy charged particles with energies relevant to space and radiotherapy dosimetry

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Sawakuchi, G O ^a   Yukihara, E G ^a   McKeever, S W S ^a   Benton, E R ^a   Gaza, R ^b,c   Uchihori, Y ^d   Yasuda, N ^d   Kitamura, H ^d,e  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ATOMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTS; ISOMERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING FIXTURES; LUMINESCENCE; RANGE FINDING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; XENON;

ATOMIC NUMBERS; DOSE RESPONSES; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFERS; LOWER ENERGIES; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCES; PRIMARY BEAMS; SINGLE CURVES; SPACE DOSIMETRIES;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 58149302865     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3041655     Document Type: Article

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