On the correctness of the thermoluminescent high-temperature ratio (HTR) method for estimating ionization density effects in mixed radiation fields

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-50

  Bilski, Pawel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; High LET; LiF:Mg,Ti; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

B METHOD; DENSELY IONIZING RADIATION; DENSITY EFFECTS; GENERAL CORRECTNESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-LET; LET RADIATION; LIF:MG , TI; MIXED RADIATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RADIATION FIELD; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ESTIMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

LIGHTING FIXTURES;

EID: 76049090860     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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