Investigations of protons passing through the CR-39/PM-355 type of solid state nuclear track detectors

Malinowska, A.; Szydlowski, A.; Jaskóła, M.; Korman, A.; Sartowska, B.; Kuehn, T.; Kuk, M.

doi:10.1063/1.4815833

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“…A previous study by Malinowska et al . 20 made simultaneous observations of tracks for 6.5 MeV protons on the front and rear surface of 0.5 mm CR-39, with protons having a stopping range of 0.5 mm in CR-39. This agrees with our findings of protons with 6 MeV and 7 MeV appearing on the front side after 15 μm and 21 μm etching, respectively.…”

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CR-39 track detector for multi-MeV ion spectroscopy

Jeong

Singh

Scullion

et al. 2017

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We present the characteristics of track formation on the front and rear surfaces of CR-39 produced by laser-driven protons and carbon ions. A methodological approach, based on bulk etch length, is proposed to uniquely characterize the particle tracks in CR-39, enabling comparative description of the track characteristics in different experiments. The response of CR-39 to ions is studied based on the energy dependent growth rate of the track diameter to understand the intrinsic particle stopping process within the material. A large non-uniformity in the track diameter is observed for CR-39 with thickness matching with the stopping range of particles. Simulation and experimental results show the imprint of longitudinal range straggling for energetic protons. Moreover, by exploiting the energy dependence of the track diameter, the energy resolution (δE/E) of CR-39 for few MeV protons and Carbon ion is found to be about 3%.

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CR-39 track detector for multi-MeV ion spectroscopy

Jeong

Singh

Scullion

et al. 2017

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“…The analysis of proton beams characteristics and of the associated energy distribution is usually performed with radiochromic films or solid-state nuclear track detectors, most often coupled with Thomson Parabola spectrometers [3,4]. The CR-39 nuclear track detector [polyallyl-diglycol-carbonate (PADC), C 12 H 18 O 7 ], has demonstrated its capabilities to detect protons as it is insensitive to electromagnetic noise [3,7,8], while showing high uniformity and high sensitivity to ions, as well as excellent etching properties. As reported in [3], once the laser accelerated protons are analyzed by means of CR-39 detectors, the output data can be used to characterize accelerated ion beams without requiring an additional spectrometer.…”

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Advances in Spectral Distribution Assessment of Laser Accelerated Protons using Multilayer CR-39 Detectors

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We show that a spectral distribution of laser-accelerated protons can be extracted by analyzing the proton track diameters observed on the front side of a second CR-39 detector arranged in a stack. The correspondence between the proton track diameter and the incident energy on the second detector is established by knowing that protons with energies only higher than 10.5 MeV can fully deposit their energy in the second CR-39 detector. The correlation between the laser-accelerated proton track diameters observed on the front side of the second CR-39 detector and the proton incident energy on the detector stack is also presented. By calculating the proton number stopped in the CR-39 stack, we find out that its dependence on the proton energy in the 1–15 MeV range presents some discontinuities at energies higher than 9 MeV. Thus, we build a calibration curve of the track diameter as a function of the proton incident energy within the 1–9 MeV range, and we infer the associated analytical function as the calculations performed indicate best results for proton spectra within the 1–9 MeV range. The calibration curve is used as a tool to ascertain the pits identified on the surfaces of both CR-39 detectors to proton tracks. The proton tracks spatial distribution analyzed by optical and atomic force microscopy is correlated with the peculiarity of the used targets.

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“…In the region where the slope of the D(E,t) dependence is smaller (the curve is more fl at), the energy resolution is worse. Generally, the energy resolution FWHM of the SSNTDs tested in this work is infl uenced by different factors, like variation of the V B values, even if the same detector material as well as etching conditions (temperature, NaOH concentration and duration of etching time) are used, and also by differences associated with the PM-355 material production procedure (V B ) [18,19]. Also important is the selection of appropriate input parameters (like circularity, size, threshold etc.)…”

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“…In this paper, some rectangular samples (cut into about 1 × 3 cm 2 pieces) with a thickness of 0.5 mm of the PM-355 type detector were irradiated with light ions (H + -and D + -ions) of different energies provided by various particle accelerators, but mainly by the LECH accelerator (Van de Graaff type) [16][17][18][19][20][21]. These samples were prepared from the detector batch bought from the Page Pershore Moulding Company in 2009 [15].…”

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Charged projectile spectrometry using solid-state nuclear track detector of the PM-355 type

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Abstract. To use effectively any radiation detector in high-temperature plasma experiments, it must have a lot of benefi ts and fulfi ll a number of requirements. The most important are: a high energy resolution, linearity over a wide range of recorded particle energy, high detection effi ciency for these particles, a long lifetime and resistance to harsh conditions existing in plasma experiments and so on. Solid-state nuclear track detectors have been used in our laboratory in plasma experiments for many years, but recently we have made an attempt to use these detectors in spectroscopic measurements performed on some plasma facilities. This paper presents a method that we used to elaborate etched track diameters to evaluate the incident projectile energy magnitude. The method is based on the data obtained from a semiautomatic track scanning system that selects tracks according to two parameters, track diameter and its mean gray level.

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Investigations of protons passing through the CR-39/PM-355 type of solid state nuclear track detectors

Cited by 15 publications

References 26 publications

CR-39 track detector for multi-MeV ion spectroscopy

CR-39 track detector for multi-MeV ion spectroscopy

Advances in Spectral Distribution Assessment of Laser Accelerated Protons using Multilayer CR-39 Detectors

Charged projectile spectrometry using solid-state nuclear track detector of the PM-355 type

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