Retrospective dosimetry using Japanese brick quartz: A way forward despite an unstable fast decaying OSL signal

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 565-572

  Fujita, H ^a,b   Jain, M ^b   Murray, A S ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accident dosimetry; Annealed quartz; Optically stimulated luminescence; SAR protocol; Ultrafast component; Unstable fast OSL component

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT DOSIMETRY; ANNEALED QUARTZ; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; SAR PROTOCOL; ULTRA-FAST; UNSTABLE FAST OSL COMPONENT;

ACCIDENTS; BRICK; CESIUM; DOSIMETRY; HEAT TREATMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

QUARTZ;

EID: 79959511002     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.03.025     Document Type: Article

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