The Bragg-peak studies in CR-39 SSNTD on the basis of many-hit model for track etch rates.

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Date publication

novembre 2005

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr FROMM Michel


Tous les auteurs :
Ditlov VA, Awad EM, Fromm M, Hermsdorf D

Résumé

Etching rates along tracks of protons and lithium ions with energies in the Bragg peak region were explored. The energy losses in this region, especially for protons of low energies, are of particular interest from the physical as well as biological points of view. The microscopic track etch rate, V-T, is studied using the many-hit model in its first approximation assuming that V-T is a function of the restricted energy loss (RELomega). The ions multiple scattering and straggling effects on the average experimental V-T values are corrected by shifting the calculated RELomega values along the track, until its maximum coincides with that of the V-T. The fitting of least square differences between calculated and experimental V-T values is used in order to determine the many-hit model registration parameters for the detector under investigation. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Référence

Radiat Meas. 2005 Nov;40(2-6):249-54.