title: Characterization of solid state nuclear track detectors of the polyallyl-diglycol-carbonate (CR-39/PM-355) type for light charged particle spectroscopy.
abstract: This paper presents a method which uses the characteristics of the etch pits induced in a polyallyl-diglycol-carbonate (PADC) detector of the CR-39/PM-355 type to estimate particle energy. This method is based on the data provided by a semiautomatic system that selects tracks according to two parameters, crater diameters, and mean gray level values. In this paper we used the results of the calibration measurements that were obtained in our laboratory in the period 2000-2014. Combining the information on the two parameters it is possible to determine unambiguously the incident projectile energy values. The paper presents the results of an attempt to estimate the energy resolution of the method when analyzing the tracks produced in the CR-39/PM-355 detector by energetic ions such as alpha particles, protons, and deuterons. We discuss the energy resolution of the measurement of light charged particle energy which is based on the parameters (crater diameter and mean gray level value) of tracks induced in solid state nuclear track detectors of the PADC type.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malinowska
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaskóła
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Korman
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szydłowski
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 05-400 Otwock, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuk