About the Authors |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1.1 The Physical Mechanism of TL and OSL Phenomena |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Historical Development of TL and OSL Dosimetry |
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2 | (3) |
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1.3 Historical Development of Luminescence Models |
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5 | (2) |
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2 Theoretical Basis of Luminescence Phenomena |
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2.1 Energy Bands and Energy Levels in Crystals |
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7 | (2) |
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2.2 Trapping Parameters Associated with Impurities in Crystals |
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9 | (1) |
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2.3 Capture Rate Constants |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (3) |
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2.7 Rate Equations in the Theory of Luminescence |
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18 | (1) |
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2.8 Radiative Emission and Absorption |
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19 | (1) |
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2.9 Mechanisms of Thermal Quenching in Dosimetric Materials |
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20 | (3) |
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2.10 A Kinetic Model for the Mott-Seitz Mechanism in Quartz |
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23 | (3) |
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2.11 The Thermal Quenching Model for Alumina by Nikiforov et al. |
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26 | (3) |
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3 Basic Experimental Measurements |
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29 | (10) |
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3.1 General Approach to TL and OSL Phenomena |
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29 | (3) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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3.4 Bleaching of TL and OSL |
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35 | (4) |
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4 Thermoluminescence: The Equations Governing a TL Peak |
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39 | (24) |
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39 | (5) |
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4.2 One Trap-One Recombination Center (OTOR) Model |
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44 | (1) |
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4.3 General-order Kinetics |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (4) |
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51 | (4) |
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4.6 Localized Transitions |
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55 | (2) |
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4.7 Semilocalized Transition (SLT) Models of TL |
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57 | (6) |
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5 Basic Methods for Evaluating Trapping Parameters |
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63 | (16) |
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5.1 The Initial-rise Method |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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5.3 Methods of Various Heating Rates |
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66 | (3) |
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69 | (2) |
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5.5 Developing Equations for Evaluating Glow Parameters |
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71 | (2) |
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5.6 The Photoionization Cross Section |
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73 | (6) |
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6 Additional Phenomena Associated with TL |
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6.1 Phosphorescence Decay |
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79 | (2) |
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6.2 Isothermal Decay of TL Peaks |
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81 | (1) |
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6.3 Anomalous Fading and Anomalous Trapping Parameters of TL |
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82 | (12) |
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6.4 Competition Between Excitation and Bleaching of TL |
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94 | (6) |
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6.5 A Model for Mid-term Fading in TL Dating; Continuum of Traps |
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100 | (9) |
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6.6 Photo-transferred Thermoluminescence (PTTL) |
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109 | (7) |
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6.7 TL Response of Al2O3:C to UV Illumination |
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116 | (2) |
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6.8 Dependence of the TL Excitation on Absorption Coefficient |
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118 | (3) |
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6.9 TL Versus Impurity Concentration; Concentration Quenching |
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121 | (8) |
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6.10 Creation and Stabilization of TL Traps During Irradiation |
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129 | (2) |
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6.11 Duplicitous TL Peak due to Release of Electrons and Holes |
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131 | (9) |
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6.12 Simulations of the Duplicitous TL Peak |
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140 | (3) |
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7 Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) |
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143 | (50) |
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7.1 Basic Concepts of OSL |
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143 | (1) |
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7.2 Dose Dependence of OSL; Basic Considerations |
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144 | (2) |
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7.3 Numerical Results of OSL Dose Dependence |
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146 | (2) |
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7.4 Simulation of the Dose-rate Dependence of OSL |
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148 | (2) |
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7.5 The Role of Retrapping in the Dose Dependence of POSL |
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150 | (3) |
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7.6 Linear-modulation OSL (LM-OSL) |
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153 | (3) |
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7.7 Unified Presentation of TL, Phosphorescence and LM-OSL |
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156 | (2) |
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7.8 The New Presentation of LM-OSL Within the OTOR Model |
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158 | (10) |
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7.9 TL-like Presentation of CW-OSL in the OTOR Model |
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168 | (1) |
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7.10 Dependence of Luminescence on Initial Occupancy; OTOR Model |
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169 | (2) |
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7.11 TL Expression Within the Unified Presentation |
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171 | (2) |
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7.12 Pseudo LM-OSL and OSL Signals under Various Stimulation Modes |
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173 | (1) |
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7.13 OSL Decay and Stretched-exponential Behavior |
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174 | (6) |
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7.14 Optically Stimulated Exoelectron Emission |
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180 | (6) |
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7.15 Simulations of OSL Pulsed Annealing Techniques |
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186 | (7) |
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8 Analytical and Approximate Expressions of Dose Dependence of TL and OSL |
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193 | (52) |
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8.1 General Considerations |
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193 | (3) |
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8.2 Competition During Excitation |
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196 | (2) |
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8.3 Competition During Heating |
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198 | (7) |
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8.4 The Predose (Sensitization) Effect |
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205 | (2) |
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8.5 Sensitization and De-sensitization in Quartz |
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207 | (3) |
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210 | (1) |
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8.7 Sublinear Dose Dependence of TL and LM-OSL in the OTOR System |
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211 | (11) |
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8.8 Dose-dependence and Dose-rate Behaviors by Simulations |
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222 | (3) |
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8.9 Simulations of the Dose-rate Effect of TL |
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225 | (4) |
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8.10 Nonmonotonic Dose Dependence of TL and OSL |
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229 | (2) |
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8.11 Nonmonotonic Dose Dependence of TL; Simulations |
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231 | (8) |
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8.12 Nonmonotonic Effect of OSL; Results of Simulations |
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239 | (6) |
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9 Simulations of TL and OSL in Dating Procedures |
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245 | (34) |
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9.1 The Predose Effect in Quartz |
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245 | (2) |
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9.2 Simulation of Thermal Activation Characteristics in Quartz |
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247 | (9) |
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9.3 The Bailey Model for Quartz |
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256 | (5) |
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9.4 Simulation of the Predose Dating Technique |
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261 | (5) |
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9.5 The Single Aliquot Regenerative Dose (SAR) Technique |
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266 | (6) |
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9.6 Thermally Transferred OSL (TT-OSL) |
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272 | (7) |
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10 Advanced Methods for Evaluating Trapping Parameters |
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279 | (18) |
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279 | (3) |
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282 | (5) |
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287 | (4) |
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10.4 Application of Differential Evolution to Fitting OSL Curves |
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291 | (6) |
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11 Simultaneous TL and Other Types of Measurements |
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297 | (30) |
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11.1 Simultaneous TL and TSC Measurements; Experimental Results |
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297 | (4) |
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11.2 Theoretical Considerations |
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301 | (9) |
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11.3 Numerical Analysis of Simultaneous TL-TSC Measurements |
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310 | (3) |
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11.4 Thermoluminescence and Optical Absorption |
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313 | (5) |
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11.5 Simultaneous Measurements of TL and ESR (EPR) |
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318 | (5) |
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11.6 Simultaneous Measurements of TL and TSEE |
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323 | (4) |
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12 Applications in Medical Physics |
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327 | (1) |
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12.2 Applications of Luminescence Detectors in Medical Physics |
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328 | (4) |
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12.3 Examples of in-vivo Dosimetric Applications |
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332 | (2) |
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334 | (7) |
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13 Radiophotoluminescence |
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341 | (6) |
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13.1 Development and Use of RPL Materials |
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341 | (3) |
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13.2 The Simplest RPL Model |
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344 | (3) |
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14 Effects of Ionization Density on TL response |
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347 | (10) |
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14.1 Modeling TL Supralinearity due to Heavy Charged Particles |
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347 | (4) |
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14.2 Defect Interaction Model |
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351 | (1) |
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14.3 The Unified Interaction Model |
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352 | (5) |
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15 The Exponential Integral |
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357 | (6) |
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15.1 The Integral in TL Theory |
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357 | (1) |
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358 | (4) |
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362 | (1) |
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Previous Books and Review Papers |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (6) |
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A.1 Simulation of OSL Experiments Using the OTOR Model |
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365 | (1) |
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A.2 Simulation of OSL Experiments Using the IMTS Model |
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366 | (3) |
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A.3 Simulation of TL Experiment Using the Bailey Model |
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369 | (2) |
References |
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371 | (24) |
Author Index |
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395 | (16) |
Subject Index |
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