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Characterization of Recombination Effects in a Liquid Ionization Chamber Used for the Dosimetry of a Radiosurgical Accelerator
Published on: May 9, 2014
Dosimetry of low energy ions by means of solid state nuclear track detectors
E Skladnik-Sadowska1, J Baranowski, M Sadowski
1The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Warsaw, Poland. eskladnik@ipj.gov.pl
Abstract:
This paper concerns applications of solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs) of the CR-39 type for measurements of ion streams emitted from the rod plasma injector (RPI). The main diagnostic tool was a Thomson-type mass spectrometer, To detect low energy ions use was made of an additional ion-acceleration system, which enabled the registration threshold to be lowered to about 25 keV. Simultaneously with the time-integrated measurements, time-resolved studies were performed of ion streams by means of Faraday-type collectors. It was shown that the investigated plasma-ion source generates also high energy ions, e.g. protons of energy of 2.6-3.7 MeV. For the analysis of the irradiated and etched CR-39 detectors use was made of a computerised system, which enabled determination of the dimensions of the registered tracks produced by low energy protons, deuterons and nitrogen ions. It has extended the known characteristics of the CR-39 detector.
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