title: Glow-peak stability in 6LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-600) exposed to a Fe-ion beam.
abstract: The stability of glow peaks in 6LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-600) exposed to a high-energy Fe-ion beam was examined in comparison to 137Cs gamma-ray irradiation under changing annealing conditions. The peak areas induced by the Fe ions were much smaller than those by gamma-rays. The sizes and positions of peaks 3-5 in Fe-ion irradiated samples were hardly changed after post-annealing at 100 degrees C x 30 min, regardless of the pre-annealing conditions (fast quenching or subsequent pre-annealing at 100 degrees C x 2 h). Whereas, the peaks in gamma-ray irradiated samples were notably affected by post-annealing; the peak positions and peak-area sizes changed in different ways depending on the pre-annealing conditions. The effects of post-annealing on peak 6 were identical for Fe ions and gamma-rays. These facts suggest that peaks 3-5 in TLD-600 comprised both stable and unstable luminescent centers, and that the latter part would be easily depleted in highly dense ionization.
authors.affiliation: Int. Space Radiation Laboratory, National Institute of Radiological Sciences 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku Chiba 263-8555, Japan. h_yasuda@nirs.go.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D002586:Cesium; D005720:Gamma Rays; D007477:Ions; D007501:Iron; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D002586:Cesium; D007501:Iron