Annealing of heavy ion radiation damage in soda glass detector

Abstract

Abstract Annealing behaviour of 208 Pb ion radiation damage tracks in sodalime glass detector is studied at three different angles using both length and diameter as track parameters. It is observed that the transverse annealing rate, dD/dt is lower than the longitudinal annealing rate, dl/dt. Obviously, the annealing rate increases with temperature and decreases with time but it is found to be independent of the angle of incident beam. The behaviour of sodalime glass detector during annealing of radiation damage is found to be isotropic.