Modelling the dose response of peaks 4, 5 and 5b, in TLD-100, as a function of recombination temperature

Abstract

This investigation focuses on whether the experimentally observed changes, in supralinearity f(D) as a function of recombination temperature, can be, successfully, predicted by the Unified Interaction Model (UNIM). To resolve this question, the measurement of f(D) has been carried out for glow peaks 4, 5 and 5b in LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-100) at two different heating rates and UNIM analysis is used in an attempt to arrive at a consistent/physically reasonable explanation of all the f(D)/heating rate data for the three glow peaks. It is demonstrated that in addition to the variation in the luminescence and competitive centre capture cross section with temperature changes in the ks (the geminate recombination coefficient) parameter as a function of temperature is also required in order to predict the changes in f(D).