Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors

Preface

List of Participants

Opening Lecture

The Past and Future Roles of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors

Session 1: Track Theory

Track Structure Theory in Radiobiology and in Radiation Detection

On Primary Damage and Secondary Electron Damage in Heavy Ion Tracks in Plastics

Computer Simulation of Collision Cascades in Some Non-Metallic Solids

A Statistical Model for Track Formation

A Spatial Track Formation Model and its Use for Calculating Etch-Pit Parameters of Light Nuclei

Revision of the Concept of Registration Threshold in Plastic Track Detectors

The Dependence of the Mass-Identification Scale On Different Track Formation Models

Supralinearity of Nuclear Research Emulsions

Particle Tracks in Supralinear Nuclear Research Emulsions

Session 2: New Detector Systems

Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors: Track Forming, Stabilizing and Development Processes

Photochromic Radiation Detector

Properties of Silver Chloride Track Detectors

Luminescent Investigation of Mechanism of Silver Halides Radiolysis

Fundamental Analysis of Defects Induced by Energetic Ions Implantation in AgCl

Investigations on the Photographic Elementary Process in AgCl-Single Crystal Foils

Charged Particles Detection: The Graft-and-Dye Method

Effects of Alpha-Particles on Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate (ADP) Single Crystals

Session 3: Tracks in Plastics

Processing of Plastic Track Detectors

A Study of the Basic Properties of Electrochemical Track Etching

On the Formation of Heavy Ion Latent Tracks in Polymeric Track Detectors

On the Variation of Some Heavy Ion Track Characteristics With the Polymeric Detector Crystallinity

Contribution to the Research on Cellulose Diacetate as a Solid State Track Detector

Some Aspects of the Etching Behaviour of Cellulose Nitrate as Track Detector

Etch Induction Time in Cellulose Nitrate: A New Particle Identification Parameter

Measurement of Activation Energies for Annealing and Etching C-12 and Ne-20 Ion Tracks in Cellulose Nitrate and Lexan Polycarbonate Plastics

3He and 4He Spectroscopy Using Plastic Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors

Detection Efficiency and Range Measurements of Alphas and Protons in Cellulose Nitrate

Session 4: Tracks in Crystals and Glasses

Annealing Studies of Tracks in Crystals

Investigations on the Formation of Tracks in Crystals

Calibration of Parameters of Tracks in Silicate Minerals with the Aid of Irradiation With Accelerated Zn and Kr Ions

Thermal Annealing of Iron Tracks in Muscovite, Labradorite, and Olivine

Influence of the Ultrasound Upon the Etching of Tracks in Silicate Matter

Fission Fragment Etch Pit Formation in Mica, Quartz and Feldspar Crystals Under Varying Etching Conditions

Further Developments with Glass Detectors for Heavy Ions and Fission Fragments

Electron Microscopic Investigations of Tracks of Cf252-Fission Fragments in Quartz Glass

New Etchants for Soda Lime Glass Track Detectors

Track Retaining Properties of Quartz for High Temperature In-Core Neutron Fluence Measurements

Session 5: Tracks in Emulsions

A New Approach for the Detection of Charged Particles by Photographic Recording Systems - First Applications in Corpuscular Physics, Biology and Electron Microscopy

Width Measurements on Neon Nitrogen Tracks in Ilford G-5 Emulsion

The Determination of Nuclear Charges by the Method of Grain Counting in Heavy Particle Tracks

A Study of Recording Possibilities of Emulsions in Autoradiography Conditions

On the Use of Alpha-Naphtol in Nuclear Photography

Increasing of Registering Capacity of Nuclear Emulsion for Autoradiography

The Separation of Heavy Ion Tracks in Nuclear Emulsions by Means of the Pulsed Electric Field

Thin Nuclear Film R-2T-50 for Cosmic Rays

The Development of 1200 Micron Glass Mounted Emulsion

Color Identification of Distortions in Nuclear Emulsions

Session 6: Evaluation Techniques

Fission Fragment Detection by Thin-Film Capacitors. I. Breakdown Counter

Fission Fragment Detection by Thin-Film Capacitors. II. Current Pulse Counter and Mechanisms

Automatic Spark Counting of Fast Neutroninduced Recoil Particles in Polymers

Automatic Spark Counting of Alpha-Tracks in Plastic Foils

A High Precision Video-Electronic Measuring System for Use with Solid State Track Detectors

Automatic Fission Track Counting Using Quantimet

Automatic Device for Measurements of Heavy Ions Tracks in Plastics

Real-Time Automatic Evaluation of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors with an On-Line TV-Device

Semiautomatic Evaluation of Fast Neutron Fluences in Plastic SSNTDs Using a Double-Beam Microdensitometer

Session 7: Applications in Earth Sciences and Radiochemistry

Fragmentation of Respirable PuO2 Particles in Water by Alpha Decay. A Mode of "Dissolution"

Characterization of Aerosols Containing Fissionable Elements Using Solid-State Track Recorders

Utilization of Alpha-Autoradiography of Rocks in the Investigation of the Radioactive Equilibrium

Geologic Analysis by Track Etch Method

Age Determination of Sediments By Pb-210 Using a Plastic Detector Technique

Application of Fission Track Technique to Determine the 240Pu/239Pu Isotope Ratio

Fission Track Dating of Quartz Grains from the Oklo Uranium Ore Deposit

Several Considerations on Radiocolloidal and Pseudoradiocolloidal States of the Fissionable Element Solutions

The Fissionable Materials Used in Neutron Detection by Fission Track Method

On the Nature and Distribution of the Fissionable Element Impurities in Minerals and Soils

A Sensitive Mapping Technique for Bismuth Using α-Particle Tracks

Session 8: Applications in Dosimetry and Radiography

Heavy-Particle Radiography with Plastic Nuclear Track Detectors

Fast Neutron Radiography for Extended Objects by a Plastic Detector Technique

A Neutron Radiography Facility on the IRT-2000 Reactor

Possibilities and Limits of Using Nuclear Track Detectors in Dosimetry and Microdosimetry

Status Report: Direct Track Detector Dosimetry in Negative Pion Beams

The Measurement of Radon by Alpha-Sensitive Plastic Track Detectors for Use in Uranium Exploration

The Use of CA80-15 and LR-115 Cellulose Nitrate Track Detectors for Discrimination Between Radon and Thoron

Results of an International Alpha Particle Registration Intercomparison with Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors

Factors Affecting the Sensitivity of Plastic Detectors to Ionizing Alpha Particle Registration

Alpha Autoradiography by Cellulose Nitrate Layer

Neutron Dosimetry by Means of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors

On the Energetical Dependence of Polymer Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors as Fast Neutron Dosimeters

Fast Neutron Dosimetry by Track Detection with Cellulose Nitrate Films

A Neutron Dose Meter Using Cellulose Nitrate Film

Status Report: Direct Track Detector Dosimetry in Fast Neutron Beams

On the Electrochemical Etching of Neutron-Induced Tracks in Plastics and its Application to Personnel Neutron Dosimetry

Neutron Fluence Measurements with Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors. Results of an International Intercomparison

The Development and Applications of Plastic Track Detectors for Neutron and Gamma Dose Measurements

Detection of Fast and Slow Neutrons by Etch Pit Method of Nuclear Track Registration in Plastics

Application of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors for Personnel Monitoring Around High Energy Accelerators

Personal Dosimeter for High Energy Corpuscular Radiation

Dosimetry with Activated Emulsion

Session 9: Applications in Cosmic Ray Physics

Ultra Heavy Cosmic Ray Nuclei - Analysis and Results

High Resolution Study of Nucleonic Cosmic Rays With Z ≥ 34

Measurement of the Cosmic Ray Element Abundances between ≃ 300 and ≃ 750 MeV/N in the Region From Nickel to Krypton Using Lexan Track Detectors

Search for Trapped Van Allen Belt Particles Heavier than Hydrogen in Satellite-Exposed Nuclear Emulsions

Lunar and Meteoritic Mineral Track Detectors and the Composition of the Galactic Cosmic Radiation

Studies of Fresh and Fossil Tracks in Meteoritic Hypersthene

Isotopie Composition of Cosmic Ray Nuclei

Composition of Fe-Isotopes in Cosmic Rays

Isotopie Composition of Low Energy Cosmic Ray Particles with Charges Z=5-8

Study on Cosmic Ray Iron Isotopes in an Emulsion-Plastic Detector

Using Nuclear Emulsions and Plastics in a Long Exposure Satellite Experiment

Low Energy Heavy Cosmic Ions Charge Discrimination With Plastic Detectors

Some Results of Charge Spectrum Measurements with a Rocket Equipment Using Plastic Detectors

Calibration of Two Plastic Detectors and Application on Study of Heavy Cosmic Rays

Session 10: Applications in Nuclear Physics

Applications of SSNTDs in High Energy Physics

Fast Stable Particles from Light Nuclei of Emulsion Following the Interaction Of 1.5 GeV/c K-Meson

Probability Distribution of K-P and K-n Channels in the Interaction of 1.5 Gev/c K-meson in Light Emulsion Nuclei

Hypernuclei in Some Hammer-Like Events Recorded in A Photonuclear_Emulsion Irradiated With Stopping K'mesons

Method for a Determination of Low Momentum Antineutron Flux

Some Aspects of 400 GeV Proton Interactions in Nuclear Emulsions

The Scattering Constant for Multiplycharged Particles in Emulsions

Spallation Products Induced by Energetic Neutrons in Plastic Detector Material

Fission Cross Sections of Heavy Nuclei Induced by 300 GeV Protons with the Help of Plastic Detector

Fission of Bi, Pb, and Au Induced by 0.65, 1.74 and 4.12 GeV Alpha Particles

Fragmentation and Isotope Measurements on Accelerator Neon and Argon Particles of 280 MeV/Nuc

Multi-Fragment Decay Reactions Induced by Heavy Ions and Studied with Mica Track Detectors

The Measurement of Helium-Ion-Induced Fission Crossection of Uranium by Glass Track Detectors

Application of the Track Diameter Measurement Method in Nuclear Physics

On the Detection of Low-Energy 4He, 12C, 14Ν-, 16O Ions in PC Foils and its Use in Nuclear Reaction Measurements

Combined Session 11: Space Biophysics

Dosimetric Significance of Cosmic Radiation in the Altitude of Supersonic Transports and in Free Space

Radiobiological Investigations of Cosmic HZE-Particles with Visual Track Detectors in the Biostack Experiment

High Precision Localization Methods for HZE-Particles

Determination of the Trajectories of HZE Particles in Seeds of Arabidopsis Thaliana by Use of Plastic Detectors

Radiobiological Studies on Biological Systems of Animals Exposed to the Heavy Nuclei of Cosmic Galactic Radiation

Calculation of LET-Spectra of Heavy Cosmic Ray Nuclei at Various Absorber Depths

Dosimetry of Cosmic Particles in Nuclear Emulsions for the Apollo 16, 17, and Apollo-Soyouz-Test-Project Experiments (1972 - 1975)

Particle Induced Visual Phenomena in Space

Author Index

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