THINDOWN IN LITHIUM FLUORIDE (TLD-100)

Luo Daling，

Robert Katz

Nuclear Science and Techniques

pp.147-156

Published in print 01 Aug 1991

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A track structure model has been applied to calculate the relative thermoluminescent efficiency of TLD- 100 irradiated with energetic heavy ions. In earlier work we proposed that the response of TLD- 100 to y - ray arises from a combination of 1- hit and 2- hit trap structures. The supralinear (2- hit) response is now known to diminish with a decrease in the energy of incident electrons. Since the delta rays of slow particles are of low energy, diminishing with a reduction in ion speed, we calculate the response to slow heavy ions by track theory as due to the 1- hit targets alone and obtain good agreement between theory and experiment. The branching of the experimental curves is principally caused by the kinematic limit in delta ray production for ions approaching the end of their range, an effect which is called "thidown" when seen in the tracks of heavy ions approaching the end of their range in electron sensitive nuclear emulsion.

TLD- 100Supralinear responseTrack structureRelative thermoluminescent efficiency

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