Measurement of target fragments produced by 160 MeV proton beam in aluminum and polyethylene with CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors
Journal article, 2014
Production of target fragments from reactions of 160 MeV proton beams in aluminum and polyethylene was measured with CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors (PNTD). Due to the detection limit of PNTD, primary protons cannot be detected; only low-energy short-range target fragments are registered. As a feasibility study, a so called "two step etching method" was employed to get the linear energy transfer (LET) spectra, absorbed dose, and dose equivalent. This method is discussed in this paper, together with the measured results. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Target fragments
Plastic nuclear track detectors
SENSITIVITY
PARTICLES
High-energy protons
ION-BEAMS
SHORT-RANGE
LIGHT
Polyethylene
LINEAR-ENERGY-TRANSFER
Aluminum
ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPE
LOW-EARTH-ORBIT
CR-39
Author
I. Ambrozova
Nuclear Physics Institute
N. Yasuda
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
University of Fukui
S. Kodaira
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Lembit Sihver
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Nuclear Engineering
Radiation Measurements
1350-4487 (ISSN)
Vol. 64 29-34Subject Categories
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
DOI
10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.04.002