Nominally pure BaF 2 single crystals were investigated at 77 K with optical absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance to understand the mechanism of radiation damage. We find that X-irradiation at 77 K of undoped BaF 2 produces V k -and F-centres having absorption bands at 3.4 and 2.3 eV respectively.
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