title: Calibration of BAS-TR image plate response to high energy (3-300 MeV) carbon ions.
abstract: The paper presents the calibration of Fuji BAS-TR image plate (IP) response to high energy carbon ions of different charge states by employing an intense laser-driven ion source, which allowed access to carbon energies up to 270 MeV. The calibration method consists of employing a Thomson parabola spectrometer to separate and spectrally resolve different ion species, and a slotted CR-39 solid state detector overlayed onto an image plate for an absolute calibration of the IP signal. An empirical response function was obtained which can be reasonably extrapolated to higher ion energies. The experimental data also show that the IP response is independent of ion charge states.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doria
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
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authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
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authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
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authors.lastname: Alejo
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid 28006, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Institut für Laser-und Plasmaphysik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Cerchez
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom.
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authors.initials: RJ
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authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
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authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hanton
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom.
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authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: MacLellan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom.
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.affiliation: John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom.
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authors.initials: Z
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authors.affiliation: Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
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authors.affiliation: LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Route de Saclay, Palaiseau Cedex 91128, France.
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authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romagnani
authors.affiliation: Colegio Los Naranjos, Fuenlabrada, Madrid 28941, Spain.
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authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
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authors.lastname: Sarri
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scullion
authors.affiliation: John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Streeter
authors.affiliation: Institut für Laser-und Plasmaphysik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swantusch
authors.affiliation: Institut für Laser-und Plasmaphysik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Willi
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zepf
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
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