title: Response components of LiF:Mg,Ti around a moderated Am-Be neutron source.
abstract: The responses of TLD-1010, TLD-700 and TLD-600 thermoluminescence dosemeters to the radiation field inside a water tank enclosing an isotopic 241Am-Be neutron source are analysed. Separate contributions coming from thermal neutrons, neutrons with energies above thermal and gamma rays to the total response of the three types of TLD are obtained. This is accomplished by assuming that the gamma responses for materials with different 6Li enrichments are identical and that the neutron response of TLD-700 is negligible compared to TLD-100 and TLD-600. The last assumption is tested by Monte Carlo simulations of the neutron energy spectrum at the points where the TLDs are irradiated.
authors.affiliation: Dpto de Física Teórica y Atómica, Nuclear y Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Iñiguez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barquero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mañanes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gallego
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorente
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Voytchev
mesh_terms: D000576:Americium; D001608:Beryllium; D002104:Cadmium / Q000528:radiation effects; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005214:Fast Neutrons; D005459:Fluorides / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D018020:Lithium Compounds / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000528:radiation effects*; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009502:Neutrons; D011868:Radioisotopes; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation; D014025:Titanium / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D018020:Lithium Compounds; D011868:Radioisotopes; D002104:Cadmium; C027651:lithium fluoride; D014025:Titanium; D008274:Magnesium; D001608:Beryllium; D005459:Fluorides; D000576:Americium