Analytical modeling of relative luminescence efficiency of Al 2O 3:C optically stimulated luminescence detectors exposed to high-energy heavy charged particles

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-454

  Sawakuchi, Gabriel O ^a   Yukihara, Eduardo G ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL MODELING; ATOMIC NUMBERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; HIGH ENERGY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; MODIFIED MODEL; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE THERAPY; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RADIAL DOSE; SPACE DOSIMETRY; TRACK STRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM; ATOMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CHARGED PARTICLES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS;

LUMINESCENCE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON; HEAVY ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LUMINESCENCE; RADIATION DOSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON; HEAVY IONS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL PROCESSES; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 84855579273     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/2/437     Document Type: Article

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