Thermoluminescence response of sodalime glass irradiated with proton and neutron beams

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 292, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-58

  Marrale, M ^a,c   Longo, A ^a,c   Bartolotta, A ^b   Basile, S ^a,c   D'Oca, M C ^b   Tomarchio, E ^a   Cirrone, G A P ^d   Di Rosa, F ^f   Romano, F ^d,e   Cuttone, G ^d   Brai, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ed 16   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^e MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^f Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche E Fermi Compendio Del Viminale ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Neutron beam; Proton beam; Thermoluminescence; Watch glasses

Indexed keywords

DOSE RANGE; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; FLUENCES; GLASS SAMPLES; GLOW CURVE; NEUTRON FLUENCES; PROTON AND NEUTRON; PROTON DOSE; RADIATION BEAMS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESEARCH FIELDS; RETROSPECTIVE DOSIMETRY; SODA LIME GLASS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL NEUTRONS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE RESPONSE; WATCH GLASS;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GLASS; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84869448805     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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