Particle tracks in diverse media

Particle Tracks in Diverse Media

Simulation of Particle Tracks in Emulsion

Micrographs of energetic particles in nuclear emulsion are simulated by computing the spatial distribution of developed grains with the δ-ray theory of track structure, and representing the developed grains by points of light on an IBM 2250 visual display unit. The simulated tracks display many of the features of actual track structure and serve as a visual comparison between experiment and the...

Particle emission induced by ionization tracks in water ice

We study electron emission and sputtering during irradiation of amorphous water ice at 60 K by HC, DC, He+, Li+, Be+, B+, C+, N+, O+, F+, and Ne+ ions in the energy range from 10 to 100 keV. We find that for constant velocity (5 keV/amu) ions the dependence of the sputtering yields with projectile atomic number Z is proportional to the square of the Z-dependence of the electronic stopping power...

Optical appearance of alpha particle tracks in CR-39 SSNTD

A ray tracing method based on geometrical optics was used to study the tracks from alpha particles with different energies and with an incident angle of 50 . The transmission operation mode of the microscope is simulated. Considering the distribution of light intensities from the tracks, the mean and the 80% percentile gray levels from real experiments are proposed as quantitative variables to ...

Optical appearance of alpha-particle tracks in CR-39 SSNTDs

The optical appearance of etched alpha-particle tracks in CR-39 SSNTDs under the transmission mode of the optical microscope were studied. The mean grey levels revealed using a digital camera installed on the microscope, together with the major and minor axes were systematically determined for tracks from alpha particles with different incident energies and angles. The grey level properties for...