Sources of variability in OSL dose measurements using single grains of quartz

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-61

  Thomsen, K J ^a   Murray, A S ^b   Botter Jensen L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; QUARTZ;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); THERMAL TRANSFER;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 9544225067     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.01.039     Document Type: Article

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